The Imperial Household Agency took 17 years to complete the full records for Empress Kojun, the paternal grandmother of Emperor Naruhito.

Japanese stocks rose in morning trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Friday.

The central bank's policy board met as tariffs and political uncertainty weigh on the economy.

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The laws, enacted in 2015, allow Japan to exercise its right to collective self-defense and have helped the SDF expand its activities with l...

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The "core-core" inflation rate, which strips out prices of both fresh food and energy and is closely monitored by the BOJ, was at 3.3%, down...

The Reuters poll of economists expects the BOJ to keep its benchmark policy rate at 0.5%.

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MUFG is forecasting no change in Bank of Japan policy at this week’s meeting, keeping the short-term rate pinned at 0.50%. Analysts at the b...

August CPI data is due from Japan today. We get a sneak preview of this data from the inflation numbers for the capital. All three main meas...

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The neighboring countries have no diplomatic ties and North Korea was a no-show when Japan last hosted the Asian Games in 1994.

Trade was choppy and tentative at first until a decisive move upward started at about 10 a.m.