NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar weakened against the yen on Thursday, as softer-than-expected U.S. economic data and growing confidence for a Bank of Japan interest-rate hike sent it tumbling ...

TOKYO -- Japan welcomed a record 36.87 million tourists in 2024, up 47.1% from the previous year thanks to the weak yen, according to data released Wednesday by the Japan National Tourism ...

The Japanese Yen attracts fresh buyers in reaction to BoJ Governor Ueda's hawkish remarks. Intervention fears also underpin the JPY and weigh on USD/JPY amid subdued USD demand. The risk-on mood ...

The remarks, which echo those made by BOJ Deputy Governor Ryozo Himino on Tuesday, pushed up the yen as markets continued to price in the chance of a rate hike at the bank's next policy meeting on ...

on Jan. 10 released its "curry and rice price" index for November 2024 which set a new record high for the eighth month in a row. The data showed the price up by 6 yen from the month prior ...

Spending by foreign visitors surged to 8.14 trillion yen ($51.78bn), a 53 percent rise from the previous year. The boom in arrivals has been spurred, in part, by the slumping value of the yen ...

The city government of Kyoto said Tuesday it will raise its lodging tax for people staying at hotels and other accommodations from March 2026, setting the maximum rate at a sharply higher 10,000 yen ...

The Japanese Yen attracts fresh sellers on Tuesday amid wavering BoJ rate hike expectations. Easing fears about Trump's tariff plans boosts the risk sentiment and undermines the JPY. Hawkish Fed ...

That 10 ended with just one script, 30,000,000 Yen, led by Sakiko Yashige with a team of four scriptwriters. It aired as NHK, one of the world’s oldest public broadcasters, prepared to enter its ...

Japan's ancient city of Kyoto has officially announced it will raise the cap on its accommodation tax tenfold to 10,000 yen, or about 63 dollars, a night. The city started collecting the tax in ...