Big manufacturers’ sentiment declined slightly in the Bank of Japan’s March Tankan survey, which was released Tuesday. The firms’ confidence slipped to 12 on the survey’s index of business confidence, ...

That’s the sixth straight year of losses for Japan’s sovereign debt, and the biggest since 1990, as the BOJ hikes rate when other central banks are cutting them. “Japan’s yields used to ...

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 discussion highlights how U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff hikes are complicating the BOJ's plan to raise interest rates to address broadening price increases that have kept Japan's ...

“The BOJ must carefully examine the impacts of the tariffs on the economy. There is no way they can finish that by the May meeting.” ...

The Bank of Japan (BoJ) published the Summary of Opinions from its March monetary policy meeting, with the key findings noted below. One member said inflation is somewhat overshooting expectations.

TOKYO—The Bank of Japan’s policy board has become more cautious about uncertainties regarding U.S. economic policies, according to the summary of opinions of its March meeting, when the ...

The data will be among key factors the BOJ will scrutinise at its next policy meeting on April 30-May 1, when the board is set to issue fresh quarterly growth and price forecasts. "Judging from ...

The reading is closely watched as a gauge of underlying inflation by the BOJ, and was now above the central bank’s annual 2% target. Tokyo inflation usually heralds a similar trend from ...

The 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 ...

The BOJ raised its short-term policy rate to 0.5% in January on the view Japan was on the cusp of sustainably achieving its 2% inflation target backed by solid wage gains. Ueda has said the central ...

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.