The data will be among the factors the Bank of Japan will scrutinise at its next policy meeting on Sept 17 and Sept 18. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

TOKYO: Japan's core consumer inflation accelerated in July from a year earlier as firms passed on rising import costs from a weak yen and the US-Israeli war on Iran, data showed…

Japans core inflation rose to 1.8% in July from 1.6% in June, in line with market expectations, strengthening bets that the Bank of Japan could raise interest rates at its…