The Bank of Japan will likely raise interest rates again around June or July, and seek to hike its policy rate to at least ...

A long-awaited autopsy of the lost decades reveals that the governor is eager to move on. But the potential for missteps is great.

The Bank of Japan's transition to clear guidance on interest rates, similar to the U.S. Federal Reserve, may be temporary due ...

The Bank of Japan (BoJ) is the central bank of Japan. Established under the Bank of Japan Act in 1882, it is a juridical entity and neither a government agency nor a private corporation.

The program’s outstanding loans stood at ¥77 trillion ($496 billion) as of Jan. 20, accounting for around 10.4% of the central bank’s overall balance sheet, according to BOJ data.

Some Bank of Japan policymakers began to lose faith in the power of former Governor Haruhiko Kuroda's "bazooka" stimulus less ...

BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda said the bank plans to consider an interest rate hike after assessing economic policies of the second Trump administration and wage trends in the “shunto” labor ...

TOKYO, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Bank of Japan board members discussed how to use estimates on the economy's neutral interest rate to determine further hikes in borrowing costs, with one saying the BOJ's ...

Strengthening underlying price pressures in the Tokyo inflation data could feed into the nationwide inflation data next week, reinforcing expectations that the BoJ may act sooner. Additionally, ...

There is even a chance the BOJ could push forward the timing of its next rate hike to April, if it prefers to act before domestic political uncertainty heightens ahead of an upper house election ...

The BOJ expanded QQE in October 2014 to prevent slumping ... "It would be too late to act after risks materialise, so we must act pre-emptively by seizing the right opportunity to maximise the ...

BOJ executives probably want to raise short-term rates at least to 1.5% by the end of fiscal 2026, so they have scope to reduce borrowing costs when the economy faces another downturn, Sakurai said.