Japanese banks tend to structure compensation plans in a way that makes it difficult to give outsized pay to specific employees. By establishing an in-house company to avoid such constraints, it shows ...

Japan's central bank raised interest rates on Tuesday for the first time since 2007, ending the world's only negative rates regime on early signs of robust wage gains this year. The Bank of Japan ...

Norinchukin Bank will consider investing in a range of assets as it braces for massive losses on the sale of roughly 10 trillion yen ($63 billion) in US and European sovereign bonds. Japan’s biggest ...

Kazuo Ueda, governor of the Bank of Japan. As central bank decisions go, the one Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda will make this week may be the toughest in modern history. With all due respect to ...

Japan's policymakers are encouraging consolidation in the banking system, sparking a wave of regional bank mergers and acquisitions. In 2022, regional banks in Japan underwent an increased ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Kazuo Ueda, governor of the Bank of Japan (BOJ), speaks during a news conference at the ...

Japan’s central bank took a step toward allowing interest rates to rise, saying it will be more flexible in managing its bond market. By Ben Dooley Reporting from Tokyo No country in the world holds ...