TOKYO (Reuters) -New Bank of Japan board member Junko Koeda said the country's real interest rates are currently "extremely low," as inflation accelerates backed by solid growth in wages. While she ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -The fading shadow of reflationists in the Bank of Japan, and the latest addition to the board of an academic favouring an end to ultra-low interest rates, will likely bring the ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Bank of Japan board member Junko Koeda said she was keeping a close eye on possible second-round effects on underlying inflation from recent rises in the price of rice, Bloomberg News ...

A key gauge of inflation in Japan is reaching the central bank's target, says a member of its policy board, signaling that the next Bank of Japan interest-rate hike may be coming soon. Underlying ...

Japanese chocolate manufacturer Morinaga has been producing its line of Koeda (lit. Small Tree Branch) chocolates since 1971. Now the company is upgrading the twig-shaped sweets with a limited-edition ...

NEW BOJ BOARD MEMBER KOEDA: NEUTRAL RATE IS AN IMPORTANT MEANS TO DECIDE MONETARY POLICY, BUT WANT TO USE IT TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE FEATURES OF VARIOUS DATA, MODELS AND ASSUMPTIONS ...

There is now just over a month left in the year. Looking back on this year, the kanji character for "rice" -- also used in the Japanese word for "United States" -- often caught my attention in news ...