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.

"Having just raised rates in July, the BOJ will likely prefer to scrutinise market developments for the time being," said former BOJ official Nobuyasu Atago. "It's natural to think the next rate ...

The BOJ maintained its settings for the unsecured overnight call rate at around 0.25%, according to its statement, as expected by all 53 economists surveyed by Bloomberg. The bank raised its ...

As widely expected, the BOJ kept short-term interest rates steady at 0.25% at a two-day meeting that ended on Friday. "Private consumption has been on a moderate increasing trend despite the ...

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 ...

BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda will hold a news conference at 3:30 p.m. (0630 GMT) to explain the decision. The BOJ ended negative interest rates in March and raised its short-term policy rate to 0.25% ...

“There are huge gaps between Japan and other countries, it’s one of the main motivations for starting my new business,” said ...

0128 GMT — Yen strengthens against other G-10 and Asian currencies in the morning session amid prospects of further BOJ rate increases. Japan’s August CPI data released earlier suggest the ...

The remarks came hours after BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda told parliament that while the BOJ will keep an eye out on the fallout from unstable markets, it will continue to hike rates if inflation ...

The BOJ kept the uncollateralized overnight call rate at 0.25%. The decision to leave the rate unchanged was widely expected. A poll of 27 BOJ watchers conducted by Nikkei affiliate QUICK from Sept.

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 ...

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 ...