The Japan Social Development Fund (JSDF) is a Partnership between the Government of Japan (GoJ) and the World Bank conceived in the wake of the Asian financial crisis in the late 1990s. It was ...

The Bank of Japan (BOJ) yesterday raised its key policy rate to the highest level in 17 years and took a more bullish view on the strength of inflation, fueling expectations for more rate hikes and ...

The Bank of Japan raised interest rates on Friday to their highest since the 2008 global financial crisis and revised up its inflation forecasts, underscoring its confidence that rising wages will ...

TOKYO (AP) — The Bank of Japan raised its key interest rate to about 0.5% from 0.25% Friday, noting that inflation is holding at a desirable target level. “The economy is gradually recovering ...

In Japan, interest rates are set by the Bank of Japan's Policy Board in its Monetary Policy Meetings. The BoJ's official interest rate is the discount rate. Monetary Policy Meetings produce a ...

The Bank of Japan on Friday raised the benchmark rate by 0.25 percentage points to 0.5 per cent Consumer price inflation data for December was also released. With both headline and core inflation ...

TOKYO -- The Bank of Japan's long-term quantitative and qualitative easing measures since 2013 had the side effect of loosening fiscal discipline, 64% of respondents said in a new Nikkei poll of ...

Executives at a leading Japanese bank apologized and took pay cuts on Thursday after police arrested an employee who allegedly stole about 1.4 billion yen worth of valuables from customers’ safe ...

Banks are closed on the second and fourth Saturdays of every month and are open on the first and third Saturdays of every month (also fifth in some cases), as per the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) ...

Banks in all other states of India will remain open on Thursday, according to the RBI bank holiday calendar for 2025. Bank holidays in India vary by state and region, as they are often determined by ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. FILE -Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Bank headquarter building is seen, Dec. 16, 2024, in Tokyo. (AP Photo ...

In India, different states have different bank holidays. Bank customers should check the holiday schedule of their state before visiting the bank branch for any bank related transactions.