Kyoko Hasegawa

  • The Japanese flag flies over the Bank of Japan (BoJ) headquarters complex in central Tokyo on January 23, 2025. The Bank of Japan is expected to announce an interest rate decision on January 24 following two days of meetings. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP) (Photo by RICHARD A. BROOKS/AFP via Getty Images)Finance

    Japan hikes interest rates to highest level in 17 years as core inflation accelerates to 3%

    By Kyoko Hasegawa and AFP
  • FILE: Junro Ito, then-director of Seven & i Holdings Co., during a news conference in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, April 6, 2017. The billionaire Ito family behind Seven & i Holdings, owner of 7-Eleven convenience stores, is poised for a massive payday if they support what would be the biggest foreign takeover of a Japanese company. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    Founding family of 7-Eleven’s Japanese owner has made a bid to take it private and head off takeover by Canadian rival Alimentation Couche-Tard

    By Kyoko Hasegawa and AFP