TOKYO, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) -- Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Kazuo Ueda said Thursday that it is necessary to assess more economic data before resuming interest rate hikes, as the central bank left its ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -The Bank of Japan could raise interest rates in October even if Sanae Takaichi, a proponent of aggressive monetary easing, wins the ruling party's leadership race and becomes the next ...

(Bloomberg) — Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda will likely face a tougher political environment in the second half of his five-year term starting Thursday after the ruling party leadership victory of ...

Growing market speculation over a potential Bank of Japan rate hike in October is underestimating the degree of uncertainty wrought by U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff campaign, according to a ...

The Bank of Japan took another step toward policy normalization, announcing it would start to offload its massive exchange-traded fund holdings while keeping the door open to further hikes this year ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -The Bank of Japan kept interest rates steady on Thursday and raised its inflation forecast for the current fiscal year, signalling cautious optimism that Japan's trade deal with the U ...

The Bank of Japan will likely leave its benchmark interest rate untouched this week after Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s recent resignation announcement added to the list of uncertainties to consider ...

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, 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 ...

Japan has ended its negative interest rate policy, marking a historic shift away from an aggressive monetary easing program that was implemented years ago to fight chronic deflation. As part of the ...