That would follow a 2.0% rise in September and mark the first time the data misses the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) 2% target since May's 1.9% growth. "The momentum of food price hikes is weakening ...

Some Bank of Japan board members were skeptical of the potential merits of releasing a rate path projection similar to the Federal Reserve’s dot plot when authorities discussed the idea during ...

The nine-member board also discussed how to improve the way the BOJ communicates its policy intention to markets, with one flagging the idea of disclosing each member's forecast on the future ...

“Uncertainties got elevated not only for the BOJ but for everyone around the world” as a result of the US election, Kazuo Momma, the former BOJ executive, said in an interview Thursday.

Since ending a decade-long, radical stimulus programme in March, the BOJ has signaled its intention to keep raising interest rates from rock-bottom levels. But it was forced to water down the ...

The BOJ was blamed for amplifying a market rout in early August with its surprise interest rate hike in July, and Ueda's comments pledging to keep pushing up rates if sustainable achievement of ...

The BOJ decision spurred investors to sell the yen and buy the dollar on expectations that interest rate gaps between Japan and the United States are unlikely to narrow anytime soon. The Japanese ...

Bank of Japan (BoJ) board member Seiji Adachi said on Wednesday that “if inflation moves sustainably, stably around 2%, the BoJ can guide monetary policy in a way allowing for policy rate to ...