TOKYO -- A majority of the Japanese public supports the Bank of Japan's decision last week to raise the policy rate to 0.5%, the latest Nikkei-TV Tokyo opinion poll finds.

With traders almost fully pricing in the chance of a rate hike, attention now shifts to any clues from BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda in his post-meeting briefing on the pace and timing of further increases.

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MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan (.MIAPJ0000PUS) rose 0.6% boosted by Chinese stocks after Trump said his recent conversation with President Xi Jinping was friendly, adding ...

Ueda and his fellow board members lifted the overnight call rate by a quarter-percentage point to 0.5% at the end of a two-day meeting.

Bursa Malaysia opens lower today on lack of buying interest after the recent rally, despite the better regional market showing which tracked the upbeat performance on Wall Street overnight. At 9.10 am ...

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Bursa Malaysia ended lower as profit-taking activities persisted for a second consecutive day as investors positioned ...

Markets rose Friday after a record day on Wall Street in response to Donald Trump's tax-cut pledge, while the yen ...

Asian markets rose Friday after a record day on Wall Street in response to Donald Trump's tax-cut pledge, while the yen weakened slightly ahead of an expected interest rate hike ...

The Bank of Japan will likely raise interest rates again around June or July, and seek to hike its policy rate to at least ...