Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp (SMBC) is close to agreement on acquiring a stake in Yes Bank, with the Japanese firm eyeing a ...

The Bank of Japan predicted growth of just 0.5 percent, cutting its previous forecast in half, and decided against another ...

The yen weakened after the Bank of Japan halved its economic-growth forecast, citing uncertainty around President Trump’s ...

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc., Mizuho Financial Group Inc. and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. will detail how ...

Japan is one of a handful of countries in talks with President Trump about averting steeper tariffs.

Japan’s central bank held its policy rate at 0.5% Thursday, holding them for a second straight meeting, as U.S. President ...

With an unusually gloomy outlook for both the economy and inflation target, the central bank has just made it more difficult ...

Another day, another piece of evidence that President Donald Trump’s escalating trade war with friends and foes is hurting the global economy. Today: Japan’s central bank cut its economic growth ...

Japan’s economy likely suffered a contraction in the first three months of this year, signaling underlying fragility even ...

The Bank of Japan kept its policy rate unchanged at 0.5%. The bank revised down its GDP and CPI outlook, yet emphasised ...

Today: Japan’s central bank cut its economic growth forecast for the country in half. The Bank of Japan on Thursday lowered its expectations for 2025 gross domestic product growth to an anemic 0 ...