Many BOJ board members highlighted the need to focus on the economic fallout from market moves at last month's policy review held days before the U.S. presidential election on Nov. 5, a sign that shifts in the yen will remain key to how soon the central ...

Bank of Japan board members discussed the need for caution on raising its benchmark rate and offered no clear hint of a move next month, a summary of opinions from its October policy meeting showed.

While the risk of a U.S. hard landing has subsided, the BOJ must spend time scrutinising market developments "as it was too early to conclude markets will restore calm," one member said. Another member said the BOJ must "take time and exercise caution ...