Marking 80 years since the Tokyo air raids of World War II claimed approximately 100,000 lives, people gathered from the morning o･･･ ...

TOKYO, Feb 21 (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan stands ready to ramp up government bond buying if long-term interest rates rise sharply, Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Friday after recent increases in ...

Waseda University (B.A. 1989), Stanford University (M.A. 1993), Cornell University (Ph.D. 1996). Background: Overseas Development Council (Washington, D.C.) (1996-97 ...

Investing.com-- The Japanese yen weakened beyond the significant 155 mark against the U.S. dollar on Thursday after the country's central bank kept interest rates unchanged. The Bank of Japan ...

Japan will appoint Kazuo Ueda, a 71-year-old economist, as the next Bank of Japan governor, replacing long-time chief Haruhiko Kuroda. Kuroda, 78, will step down from the post on April 8.

Nihon University Itabashi Hospital in the capital’s Itabashi Ward has 56 beds prepared for COVID-19 patients with moderate and serious symptoms. Twenty-three of those beds were filled as of July 14.