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 ...

(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 (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 ...

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 :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, said Takuji ...

A move by the Bank of Japan to raise interest rates this month would likely come too soon after the formation of Sanae Takaichi’s administration and would be better timed in December, according to one ...

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 ...

Sanae Takaichi's election as leader of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Saturday cast doubt on an early interest rate hike by the Bank of Japan. As food and other prices remain high in the ...

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 (Reuters) -With Sanae Takaichi set to become Japan's prime minister, advancing expansionist economic policies, chances have risen that the central bank will avoid raising interest rates this ...