All 50 BOJ watchers surveyed by Bloomberg expect the bank to raise its benchmark rate to 0.75% on Friday next week. Many of them said the key focus of the gathering is whether the BOJ provides a new ...

TOKYO--The Bank of Japan posted a record loss on its massive holdings of Japanese government debt during the first half of its fiscal year, reflecting its shift toward higher interest rates and the ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -The Bank of Japan is preparing markets for a possible interest rate hike as soon as next month, sources say, reviving previous hawkish language as worries about sharp yen declines ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -The Bank of Japan kept interest rates steady on Thursday, with its governor sending the strongest signal yet that a rate hike was possible as soon as December depending on the outlook ...

TOKYO—Nine months after its last rate hike, it’s decision time again for the Bank of Japan. On policymakers’ minds: persistent inflation, the worrying impact of U.S. tariffs, and shifts in domestic ...

The Bank of Japan is widely expected to hold interest rates on Thursday at its first meeting since Sanae Takaichi, an advocate of easy monetary policy, became prime minister. With Takaichi at the ...

TOKYO—Japan’s new finance minister doesn’t see the need to comment on the direction of central bank policy, she said Friday, noting Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda’s commitment to supporting the economy ...

One of the biggest stories emerging from the Far East this month is the imminent launch of a blockchain-based version of the Japanese yen, one of the world’s major fiat currencies. The timing for this ...

TOKYO, Aug 1 (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan laid the groundwork this week for resuming interest rate hikes by spelling out explicitly for the first time the risks that persistent food price rises fan ...

The bruising electoral defeat suffered by Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s ruling coalition has plunged the country into a state of political uncertainty, creating a significant new dilemma ...

The Bank of Japan kept its key short-term interest rate unchanged at 0.5% during its May meeting, maintaining the highest level since 2008 and in line with market expectations. The BOJ has now held ...

TOKYO, Jan 28 (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan will likely raise interest rates again around June or July, and seek to triple its policy rate to at least 1.5% in the next two years, former BOJ board ...