Average household monthly income in the same month was 1,179,259 yen, rising 7.2% in nominal terms and up 2.9% in real terms ...

Richard Franulovich of Westpac sees the dollar-yen reaching mid-140s, but says a repeat of the yen carry trade unwind in 2024 ...

Japan has “completely” ended deflation and it’s absolutely natural for the central bank to proceed with rate hikes to ...

A labor-management forum hosted by the country's largest business lobby on Jan. 31 discussed pay increases, marking the ...

But the expected average salary hike of around 3% will likely include just a 1% increase in base pay, casting doubt on whether Japan can achieve the kind of sustained wage gains the central bank ...

Labour cash earnings rose more than expected in December and the November figures were all revised upwards. If Shunto results ...

As time goes on, the BOJ’s rate increases appear to be having a stronger impact on people’s everyday lives, shifting from ...

Consumer inflation in the Tokyo metropolitan area picked up slightly in January, government data showed Friday, supporting ...

Bank of Japan board members discussed how to use estimates on the economy's neutral interest rate to determine further hikes ...

Japanese nominal wages rose at the fastest pace in nearly three decades, supporting the Bank of Japan’s latest rate hike ...

Japan's December inflation-adjusted real wages rose 0.6% year-on-year thanks to a wintertime bonus bump, preliminary ...