As interest rates rise, the value of JGBs could plummet due to heightened inflation and duration risks. Click to read.

According to recent news, Japanese banks will start using Ripple’s XRP system next week for 80% of their operations. Japanese ...

Japan's current account surplus jumped to a record last year, data from the finance ministry showed on Monday, as a weaker ...

Japanese media outlet Iolite reports the country is shifting its approach to cryptocurrency regulation, with Prime Minister ...

After three decades of near-zero inflation, there are signs that Japan’s economy can sustainably converge to a new equilibrium. Inflation has surpassed the Bank of Japan’s 2-percent target for over ...

It then applies theoretical insights to problems of institutional transition in two Asian economies. It argues that the Japanese financial system will retain some aspects of relational financing even ...

I write about how fintech is disrupting the financial industry in Asia. The Japanese fintech sector exhibits a rich diversity, underscored by robust growth in digital payments. This is evident in ...

In the third episode of our series on financial technology, we sat down with Shuhei Aoki, Executive Strategist at Hitachi and advisor to the President of Hitachi’s Information and Telecommunications ...

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. and SBI Holdings Inc. are considering teaming up to start a business that will provide ...

and an advisor to Japan’s Financial Services Agency on the ongoing efforts to promote a more open banking system in Japan. Sean Creehan: Toshio gives us a sense for the ways Japan is breaking global ...

Japan should be on alert for any spillover effects from rising foreign market volatility that could affect liquidity conditions for its financial institutions, the International Monetary Fund said on ...

Japan’s largest lender Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group reported a 32 per cent surge in net profit for the December quarter this week. The second largest, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group ...