Supermarket shelves across Japan were also emptied of rice for weeks this summer. Read more at straitstimes.com.

NEW YORK/LONDON >> The dollar strengthened against the yen today after the Bank of Japan left interest rates unchanged and ...

Japan posted a trade deficit for a second straight month in August, the Finance Ministry said Wednesday, despite signs of ...

The Bank of Japan (BOJ) kept its interest rates unchanged at 0.25%. This news eased concerns over the Yen carry trade ...

Japan's top currency diplomat Atsushi Mimura said authorities are "always watching markets" as a renewed build-up of yen ...

There was a bit of nervousness ahead of the Bank of Japan's Friday policy decision. It will take investors awhile to forget the day in late July when the central bank's interest-rate hike unwound the ...

The yen pared its losses on Friday as the Bank of Japan (BOJ) sounded optimistic about growth and signalled it will be ...

Traders betting on further recovery in Japanese equities are looking to any steer from the Bank of Japan that may cap the yen ...

The yen strengthened slightly in the immediate aftermath of the Bank of Japan leaving its benchmark interest rate unchanged.

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's fund management body donated a total of 100 million yen (approx. $700,000) to the Liberal ...

Japan’s top currency diplomat Atsushi Mimura said authorities are “always watching markets” as a renewed build-up of yen ...

Japan Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Tuesday the government will continue to analyse the impact of recent currency ...