TOKYO, Oct 9 (Reuters) - A pledge by Japan's next likely prime minister to reassert government sway over the central bank has fanned worries about political interference in monetary policy, however, a ...

TOKYO, Oct 6 (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan maintained on Monday its cautiously optimistic view on the economic outlook but warned of nagging uncertainty over the impact of U.S. tariffs on corporate ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -The yen’s recent sharp falls may prompt the Bank of Japan to raise interest rates as soon as this month, former central bank executive Kazuo Momma said on Wednesday. The yen has ...

(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 ...

TOKYO :The Bank of Japan can raise interest rates if prospects of durably meeting its 2 per cent inflation target improve, but would struggle to justify doing so this year given weak signs in the ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Sanae Takaichi, who is set to become Japan’s new prime minister, will likely tolerate another 25-basis-point interest rate hike by January next year if the economy is in firm shape, ...

HONDA'S TAKAICHI URGES BOJ TO BE CAREFUL WITH RATE HIKES, WARNING A WEAK YEN COULD SUSTAIN HIGH INFLATION. SHE SAID, "IF YEN TOO WEAK, IT WILL KEEP INFLATION ELEVATED," AND NOTED, "CHANGES TO BOJ'S ...

TOKYO -- Japan's political turmoil has led Bank of Japan watchers to largely rule out an interest rate hike at the central bank's upcoming October meeting, but an increase at one of the BOJ's winter ...

This photo shows the Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo. (Mainichi) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Bank of Japan on Monday maintained its economic assessments of eight of the country's nine regions despite ...