TOKYO, March 31 (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan said on Monday it will reduce purchases of super-long bonds for the first time since embarking on a quantitative tightening (QT) plan last year ...

The BOJ held its benchmark overnight rate at 0.5% in a unanimous decision, after raising rates by 25 basis points in January. Wednesday’s hold was widely expected, given that the BOJ signaled ...

TOKYO, April 11 (Reuters) - Japanese households' inflation expectations heightened in the three months to March, a Bank of Japan survey showed on Friday, keeping the central bank under pressure to ...

Nakamura succeeds Takeshi Kato, whose four-year term as one of the BOJ's six executive directors expired on Monday. Aside from a one-year stint heading the BOJ's monetary affairs department ...

Its next monetary policy meeting will take place on Tuesday and Wednesday. The BOJ is widely expected to hold rates steady, following a quarter-point increase to 0.5% from 0.25% at its last ...

But some BOJ watchers see recent wage and price data as good enough reason for the central bank to act as soon as May 1, including former BOJ official Nobuyasu Atago.

The Bank of Japan (BoJ) board members shared their views on the monetary policy outlook on Tuesday, per the BoJ Minutes of the January meeting. Some members recognized real interest rates were ...

Bank of Japan’s newly appointed board member Junko Koeda did her best to keep various options open over the timing of the central bank’s next interest rate hike, as she started her five-year term.

TOKYO -- Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda on Wednesday left open the option for a rate hike on May 1, mentioning the risk of an upward swing in inflation and vowing to "avoid falling behind the curve ...

While the BOJ remains intent on keeping rates on a gradual upward trajectory, Ueda will probably indicate there’s little need to rush ahead with the next move after last week saying he’s ...

(Bloomberg) -- The Bank of Japan kept its benchmark rate unchanged and cited worries over the potential impact from US tariff policies, suggesting that it’s not in a rush to hike for now. The ...