Japan’s bond market heads into a sale of policy-sensitive two-year notes Friday on a somewhat stronger footing on speculation ...

Tokyo’s main inflation has been at or above the BOJ’s 2% target for three and one-half years. Economists say the inflation in ...

Before Takaichi came to office, people thought the BOJ would raise interest rates in October, but now they expect it to wait ...

The yen fell on Thursday after the Bank of Japan (BOJ) left rates unchanged, while other currencies held in tight ranges as ...

A summary of opinions from the Bank of Japan’s July 31 meeting showed officials expected monetary policy to remain accommodative even after they hiked interest rates, suggesting they didn’t expect the ...

(Bloomberg) -- The Bank of Japan likely won’t change policy abruptly enough to derail budget discussions, according to a senior member of an opposition party whose support is needed by Prime Minister ...

The Japanese yen tumbled against the U. dollar on Thursday after the Bank of Japan adopted a less hawkish tone than traders ...

The Bank of Japan's cautious governor has dropped unusually hawkish hints of an interest rate hike in December or January ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -The Bank of Japan will raise its key interest rate in either October or December, a majority of economists said in a Reuters poll, while nearly 96% of them expect borrowing costs to ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan's meeting last week passed with no surprises, but for a careful BOJ watcher its message on the need to remain vigilant on food-driven inflationary pressures had an ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan began withdrawing from credit markets on Friday but extended a key loan scheme, earning grudging backing from the finance minister who had criticized the central ...