By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO – Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki on Tuesday reiterated the need for currencies to move stably reflecting fundamentals, describing recent yen …
By Divya Chowdhury MUMBAI – Japan doesn’t need to intervene in the currency market as the sharp depreciation in the yen won’t continue, due to …
TOKYO – It goes a step too far to say a weak yen is the main reason for explaining why prices in Japan are rising, …
By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO -Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki warned on Friday against “speculative moves” seen behind a rapid yen weakening, using the strongest wording …
By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO – Four out of five large Japanese firms are passing on higher commodity costs to customers or intend to do so, …
By Leika Kihara and Yoshifumi Takemoto TOKYO – The Bank of Japan’s resolve to keep borrowing costs ultra-low is causing a “negative spiral” of yen …
By Tetsushi Kajimoto and Leika Kihara TOKYO -Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Tuesday the central bank should maintain its ultra-loose monetary policy, brushing …
TOKYO – Nearly half of Japanese companies see the weak yen as bad for their business, a private survey showed on Tuesday, suggesting the currency’s …
By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO – Japanese imports likely jumped in May at the fastest pace in six months, buoyed by surging raw material prices and …
LONDON – Borrowing costs for U.S. dollars in currency derivatives markets rose sharply on Thursday after the dollar surged to within striking distance of its …
TOKYO – The advisers to Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s top panel urged the government on Wednesday to prevent the current account surplus from shrinking …
By Tetsushi Kajimoto and Leika Kihara TOKYO -Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said there was “no truth” to media reports that he had discussed with …
TOKYO – Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said it would be “clearly wrong” for the Bank of Japan to raise interest rates to curb …
By Leika Kihara and Takahiko Wada TOKYO – More entrenched inflation expectations, rather than a weak yen, will likely have greater sway over any future …
TOKYO – Japan raised its gasoline subsidy for oil distributors to the maximum figure of 25 yen ($0.1944) a litre for the seven days from …
By Leika Kihara and Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO – Japanese policymakers escalated their warnings against sharp yen falls with the finance minister saying the currency’s slump …
By Jamie McGeever ORLANDO, Fla. – Hedge funds remain bullish on the dollar, holding a net long dollar position in currency futures markets for more …
TOKYO – Bank Of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Monday that the recent sharp weakening in the yen could impact on Japanese firms’ earnings …
By Kevin Buckland TOKYO – The dollar rose to a two-decade peak against the yen and kept close to a two-year high to the euro …
By Leika Kihara TOKYO -Japan’s wholesale inflation remained near record-high levels in March as the Ukraine crisis and a weak yen pushed up fuel and …
By Leika Kihara TOKYO -A senior Bank of Japan (BOJ) official on Monday warned that excessive volatility in yen moves could hurt growth, after the …
By Leika Kihara and Yoshifumi Takemoto TOKYO – Japan has little to cheer about a weak yen, which reflects its deteriorating economic fundamentals and trade …
By Leika Kihara and Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO – Japanese policymakers escalated their warning against sharp yen falls, with the country’s top currency diplomat saying Tokyo …
TOKYO – Bank of Japan (BOJ) board member Goushi Kataoka said on Thursday a weak yen was positive for the economy, with the damage due …
By Kevin Buckland and Alun John TOKYO – A jump in the price of oil and a yawning gap between yields at home and those …
By Leika Kihara and Yoshifumi Takemoto TOKYO – Tightening monetary policy or intervening in the currency market will do little to reverse unwelcome yen declines …
By Jamie McGeever ORLANDO, Fla. – In times of crisis, not much in financial markets roars “safe haven” louder than the Japanese yen. But in …
(Refiles to correct 14th paragraph by adding missing word research to analyst job title) By Alun John HONG KONG – As the Bank of Japan …