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.

"The BOJ probably wants to hike rates once more by March next year. The exact timing will depend much on market and political developments," Sakurai told Reuters in an interview. "With domestic ...

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 ...

Almost all of 53 BOJ watchers predict a stand pat decision at the end of a two-day meeting on Oct. 31, according to the poll. Some 53% see a rate hike in December, keeping it the most popular timing.

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 ...

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 ...

TOKYO : The Bank of Japan (BOJ) hopes to maintain its 2 per cent inflation target even if climate change causes long-term shocks to future price developments, Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Saturday.

"We need to strike the right balance." The BOJ ended negative rates in March and raised short-term rates to 0.25% in July on the view Japan was making progress toward sustainably achieving its 2% ...

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 scrutinizing market developments "as it was too early to conclude markets will restore calm," one member said.

he Bank of Japan (BOJ) hopes to maintain its 2 percent inflation target even if climate change causes long-term shocks to future price developments, Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Saturday.