Japanese-born British novelist Kazuo Ishiguro is one of the country’s most celebrated writers. A recipient of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature, the Swedish Academy praised Ishiguro’s body of work, ...

Investing.com-- The Japanese yen weakened beyond the significant 155 mark against the U.S. dollar on Thursday after the country's central bank kept interest rates unchanged. The Bank of Japan ...

Japan's government is likely to appoint Kazuo Ueda, an academic and a former member of the central bank's policy board, as the Bank of Japan's next governor, two government officials with ...

Japan will appoint Kazuo Ueda, a 71-year-old economist, as the next Bank of Japan governor, replacing long-time chief Haruhiko Kuroda. Kuroda, 78, will step down from the post on April 8.