The Bank of Japan said Wednesday its unrealized loss on its Japanese government bond holdings widened to a record 28.62 trillion yen ($198 billion) at the end of March, reflecting rising yields as the ...

The Bank of Japan (BoJ) published the Summary of Opinions from the monetary policy meeting on April 30 and May 1, 2025, with the key findings noted below. One member said BOJ is likely to keep ...

Market participants have told the Bank of Japan that it should reduce or maintain the current pace of the tapering of ...

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 ...

TOKYO (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, taking another ...

The exchange continues to be sensitive to the direction of US 10-year yield and to speculation about the trajectory of BOJ policy. Even before Trump's threat of tariffs on Mexico, there were many ...

Speaking to business leaders in Miyazaki today (May 22), Asahi Noguchi noted that yields on 10-year Japanese government bonds ...

TOKYO—The Bank of Japan will likely hold fire for the next few months due to growing concerns about the impact of U.S. tariffs, a former member of the BOJ’s policy board says. “It may be ...

"The BOJ will enter a temporary pause in rate hikes due to slowing U.S. growth. But it shouldn't be too pessimistic, and must conduct monetary policy in a nimble and flexible manner such as by ...

The broader Topix index advanced 0.97%. The Nikkei rose as much as 2.21% in morning trade, paring gains as the yen strengthened after the BOJ upgraded its assessment of consumption and highlighted ...

Ueda also said the BOJ will take "stronger steps" to whittle down monetary support if inflation overshoots its projections, signalling the chance of hiking rates sooner or more aggressively than ...