The Bank of Japan (BOJ) announced on October 31 that it would keep the policy rate unchanged at 0.25%, meeting market expectations. This decision marks the second consecutive meeting of rate stability following the BOJ’s rate hike in July. In its quarterly outlook report, the BOJ forecast that ...

Japan's labor market continued to show tightness in September, according to data released by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare on October 29. The unemployment rate fell to 2.4%, down from 2.5% in the previous month, while the job-to...