TOKYO -- The Bank of Japan is moving closer to a departure from its long-standing ultraloose policy, a summary of opinions from its latest meeting in October suggests, with policymakers calling for a ...

TOKYO -- The Bank of Japan will continue to pursue policy normalization as long as the economy continues to progress toward stable 2% inflation, Gov. Kazuo Ueda reiterated on Friday as he responded to ...

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich says that he won’t agree to a normalization agreement with Saudi Arabia if it means the establishment of a Palestinian state, dismissing Riyadh as being free to keep ...

Ariela Karmel is a reporter and news editor at The Times of Israel covering Israeli society. She previously reported for Haaretz and Calcalist, and holds a master’s degree in Middle Eastern and ...