In a widely anticipated move, the Bank of Japan on Jan. 24 raised its short-term policy rate to 0.50% from 0.25%. Read more ...

The Bank of Japan raised interest rates on Friday to their highest since the 2008 global financial crisis and revised up its ...

The yen was on track for its best monthly start to the year since 2018 on Friday, helped by the view that the Bank of Japan ...

Bank of Japan (BoJ) Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Friday that underlying inflation is still somewhat below 2%. Ueda added that ...

Asian shares wavered on Friday, weighed down by the return of tech-heavy South Korean stocks from holidays, but relatively ...

Despite limited developments that would justify a policy shift since December, Japan's central bank nevertheless went ahead ...

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The Bank of Japan raised its key interest rate to about 0.5% from 0.25% Friday, noting that inflation is holding at a ...

Japan’s stance is at odds with the loosening trends adopted by the U.S. Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank, which have been cutting rates after raising them to clamp down on inflation.

US President Donald Trump has criticized the Federal Reserve and its Chair Jerome Powell for failing to stop inflation. This comes after the Fed announced that it will hold interest rates steady.