The Bank of Japan is likely to raise interest rates again this year and see borrowing costs reach levels deemed neutral to ...

The Bank of Japan must raise short-term interest rates to at least 1% by the second half of fiscal 2025 to contain inflation ...

Japan has “completely” ended deflation and it’s absolutely natural for the central bank to proceed with rate hikes to ...

The Bank of Japan is increasingly blaming chronic labour shortages, not stagnant demand, as the main reason for its weak ...

The yen is on track for its fourth straight weekly gain against the dollar as spending data on Friday added to signs that the ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Tuesday the central bank will aim to achieve 2% inflation, as ...

The Bank of Japan will continue to raise interest rates if underlying inflation accelerates toward its 2 per cent target as ...

China’s tariffs target US energy and autos but avoid full escalation. Nikkei dips on BoJ hike bets, while Hang Seng extends ...

Under Kuroda, the BOJ deployed a massive asset-buying programme dubbed "quantitative and qualitative easing" (QQE) in April ...

BOJ executives probably want to raise short-term rates at least to 1.5% by the end of fiscal 2026, so they have scope to reduce borrowing costs when the economy faces another downturn, Sakurai said.

The deputy governor reiterated that the BOJ would consider additional rate increases if economic and prices developments align with expectations. However, he didn't provide any hints on the timing or ...

Japan’s rising household spending and wage growth boost BoJ rate hike bets, pressuring USD/JPY. US jobs data now in focus for ...