The yen climbed to a nine-week high on Friday as market players piled on bets for more interest rate hikes in Japan this year ...

On paper, Japan’s output gap ... the BOJ said a dwindling pool of female and elderly workers meant labor market conditions are tightening even amid subdued economic growth.

Japan's average unemployment rate in 2024 fell 0.1 percentage point from a year earlier to 2.5 percent, as fewer workers were ...

The Bank of Japan is now pointing the finger at chronic labour shortages—rather than sluggish demand—as the culprit behind ...

Job mobility in Japan has traditionally been low due to lifetime employment arrangements and strong labor laws.

EUR/JPY retreats after gains in the previous session, trading near 159.00 during Asian hours on Wednesday. The decline of the ...

The number of foreign workers in Japan reached a new high, underscoring the country’s growing reliance on people from ...

Japan’s rising household spending and wage growth boost BoJ rate hike bets, pressuring USD/JPY. US jobs data now in focus for ...

Labour cash earnings rose more than expected in December and the November figures were all revised upwards. If Shunto results ...