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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Japan's neutral rate likely to be at least 1%, Tamura says Japan making further progress in durably hitting price goal Tamura sees upside inflationary risk rising BOJ can raise rates slowly ...

The yen strengthened slightly in the immediate aftermath of the Bank of Japan leaving its benchmark interest rate unchanged. Futures on Nikkei 225 pared gains slightly in Osaka after the Bank of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

It was the first time a BOJ policymaker publicly specified a level the central bank should eventually target in pushing up short-term borrowing costs. Tamura said the likelihood of Japan's economy ...