The Bank of Japan may take a long pause before raising interest rates again, but it has still left scope for action this year ...

By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) -Hiking interest rates only gradually as raw material costs rise could heighten the risk of ...

Bank of Japan policymakers agreed on the need to keep raising still-low interest rates, but some saw the need to pause for ...

Headline inflation in Japan remained unchanged in May at 3.5 per cent and remains well above the BoJ’s 2 per cent target. The ...

The Bank of Japan is set to consider whether to taper its bond purchases at a slower pace while also leaving its benchmark ...

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Friday the central bank will continue to raise interest rates if improvements in ...

The Bank of Japan left its benchmark rate unchanged and unveiled a plan to slow its withdrawal from the bond market from next ...

The central bank target of around 0.5 percent for short-term rates will remain in place. It made the announcement after its two-day policy meeting ended on Tuesday. The BOJ decision comes amid ...

Neither of the two decisions announced by the Bank of Japan’s policy board on Tuesday were a surprise. The BoJ held the policy rate at 0.5 per cent, and announced that the quantitative easing taper ...

Japan’s central bank on Tuesday said it would slow the pace of government bond purchases from April next year.

Analysts at ING expect the BOJ to hold off raising rates until early 2026 if Japan's tariff negotiations with the U.S. drag ...