Japan's three megabanks raised their annual profit forecasts to all-time highs on Thursday, fuelled by robust lending demand ...

President-elect Donald J. Trump often says he prefers a weaker dollar, but economists and investors think his proposed ...

“We . . . have a top 10 position within our sights,” said MUFG chief Hironori Kamezawa in an interview with the Financial ...

His remarks highlight how concern over the demerits of a weak yen will remain a key topic of debate among politicians.

The Bank of Japan should raise interest rates at least to 1% to roll back an "abnormally" huge stimulus that is causing ...

The current account measures exports and imports, as well as other cross-border flows including salaries and investment returns. Japan posted a record surplus of ¥12.2 trillion in primary income in ...

The U.S. dollar advanced to one-year high against major currencies on Wednesday powered by so-called Trump trades and after U ...

Our base-case scenario assumes that the net interest margin widens by ... The extended period of very long lending rates in Japan (the average rate on new loans extended by so-called "city" banks such ...

The bank’s net operating profit reached ¥1.8tn ($11.5bn) in 2023, matching pre-2016 levels before Japan’s negative rate policy ... stock market and economic reforms. Rising interest rates have ...

The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 47 points, or 0.1%, and the Nasdaq composite slipped 0.3%. The bond market was also ...