The Bank of Japan (BoJ) is the central bank of Japan. It is a juridical person established based on the Bank of Japan Act (hereafter the Act), and is not a government agency or a private corporation.

BOJ watchers expect him to adjust the degree of hawkishness in his remarks while also pledging to carefully raise rates once the BOJ’s outlook materializes. This is an unusual diet hearing ...

It was the first time a BOJ policymaker publicly specified a level the central bank should eventually target in pushing up short-term borrowing costs. Tamura said the likelihood of Japan's economy ...

The BOJ’s basic stance “is that it will examine the impact of market developments and the July rate hike,” Himino said in a speech to local business leaders in Yamanashi, central Japan, ...

Fed's rate cut signal to give BOJ respite in weak-yen battle BOJ Ueda reaffirms rate-hike path, with eye on unstable markets Diverging Fed, BOJ policy paths may keep markets jittery Politics ...

In March the BOJ managed at last to end eight years of negative interest rates. The next month it began dropping hints it would kick off steady interest rate hikes if inflation remained on track ...

That makes signaling on Friday from BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda the near-term key in determining the outlook on the narrowing rate gap between the two economies, after his comments at the last policy ...

Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda reaffirmed that he is open to more interest-rate increases, clearing up doubts about the central bank’s intention to continue on its path of policy normalization ...

OKAYAMA (Japan): The Bank of Japan (BoJ) must raise interest rates to at least 1% by late next year, hawkish policymaker Naoki Tamura says, reinforcing the bank’s resolve to persist with steady ...

Bank of Japan (BoJ) Governor Kazuo Ueda told the Japanese parliament on Friday, “the BoJ raised rates in July as economy and inflation moved mostly in line with forecast.“ No change in stance ...

Japan's neutral rate likely to be at least 1%, Tamura says Japan making further progress in durably hitting price goal Tamura sees upside inflationary risk rising BOJ can raise rates slowly ...

JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming (Reuters) - For academics and policymakers gathered at the U.S. Federal Reserve's annual Jackson Hole economic conference to debate how central banks can affect market ...