The BOJ ended a massive stimulus last year and in January raised short-term interest rates to 0.5% on the view Japan was on the cusp of durably hitting its 2% inflation target. While the central ...

The requests, made at a BOJ meeting with bond market participants on May 20-21, heighten the chance the central bank will proceed slowly in reducing its huge balance sheet. The BOJ will conduct a ...

according to a former BOJ board member. Since last summer, the bank has been reducing its buying of government bonds by ¥400 billion ($2.8 billion) every quarter, but that process will come to a ...

TOKYO—Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda has said he won’t push for higher interest rates unless the economy is strong enough to take it, fueling speculation that the next increase won’t come ...

The BOJ has usually kept a target of provision for losses on bond transactions around 50% of gains or losses from the transactions. The Nikkei first reported BOJ setting aside maximum provision ...

The Bank of Japan amassed the largest amount of unrealized losses on record from its government bond holdings in the year ended March, highlighting the challenges it faces in unwinding more than a ...

The BOJ keeps interest rates low as inflation expectations, or the public’s perception on future price moves, stand between 1.5% and 2% - the highest in 30 years though still below its 2% target ...

“While underlying consumer inflation will stagnate temporarily, there is no change to the BOJ’s view that it will gradually rise toward its 2% target,” Ueda said. “Although developments in ...

As a result of its interest rate hikes, the central bank paid ¥1.25 trillion (US$8.3 billion) in interest on excess reserves parked at the BOJ in the fiscal year that ended in March - a move ...

The requests, made at the BOJ's meeting with bond market participants on May 20-21, heighten the chance the BOJ will proceed slowly in reducing its huge balance sheet. "From the viewpoint of ...

The remarks underscore the BOJ's growing attention to recent volatile moves in super-long bond yields, which could affect the board's discussions next month on the pace of bond tapering.