The estimates, disclosed on Thursday in a research paper, underscore the BOJ's resolve to keep pushing up short-term interest rates - now at 0.25% - to levels deemed neutral to the economy in ...

Another cited the need to study wage trends in Japan. The policymaker said the BOJ should examine developments in the run-up to next year's spring wage negotiations between labor and management.

The Bank of Japan (BoJ) published the Summary of Opinions from its December monetary policy meeting, with the key findings noted below. BoJ member plans to adjust easing measures if the outlook is ...

It was noted by some unnamed committee members in the summary that risks to inflation are now skewed to the upside, compounded by a weak yen, and that this warrants another adjustment to the BoJ ...

The BOJ held interest rates steady at 0.25% at this month’s meeting, a move governor Kazuo Ueda explained as aimed at scrutinizing more data on next year’s wage momentum and clarity on the ...

The 115.5 trillion yen draft budget is being compiled as the Bank of Japan (BOJ) shifts away from its decadelong stimulus program, putting more burden on the government to stimulate the economy.

The latest sale plan reflects the government’s efforts to fill a huge hole left by the BOJ’s diminishing presence in the JGB market. The BOJ this year started tapering its huge bond-buying and ...

Let's take a look back at the year in some of the editorial cartoons featured this year in The Columbus Dispatch.

In his first visit to China in the post, Iwaya unmistakably tried to make his tentative hosts feel assured of the Shigeru ...

The remarks underscore the BOJ's resolve to keep pushing up short-term rates from the current 0.25 per cent next year. Most analysts expect the bank to raise rates to 0.5 per cent in January or March.

TOKYO — Bank of Japan (BOJ) policymakers agreed in October to keep raising interest rates if the economy moves in line with their forecast, but some stressed the need for caution on uncertainty over ...