The assessment, to be included in its quarterly outlook report due on May 1, will underscore the BOJ's desire to keep alive market expectations of further interest rate hikes - even though the ...

USD/JPY remains volatile as US-Japan trade talks stall and BoJ signals caution on future policy tightening. Risk sentiment and safe-haven flows could drive USD/JPY down toward 140.309 amid tariff ...

Kenya Koshimizu, co-head of the global markets division at Japan’s third-largest lender, made the call ahead of the BOJ conducting a review of its existing bond tapering plan in June.

The assessment, to be included in its quarterly outlook report due on May 1, will underscore the BOJ's desire to keep alive market expectations of further interest rate hikes - even though the timing ...

The data comes ahead of the Bank of Japan’s (BOJ) policy meeting next week, when the central bank is set to keep interest rates steady at 0.5 per cent and cut its growth estimates as US ...

Japan's core inflation accelerated in March due to persistent rises in food costs, data showed on Friday, complicating the central bank's task of weighing mounting price pressures against risks to the ...

Japan's inflation grew 3.6% year on year in March, marking three straight years that the headline inflation figure is above the Bank of Japan's 2% target. The figure was lower than the 3.7% seen ...

Core inflation has now exceeded the BOJ's 2% target every month for three years in a row, in a sign of mounting price pressure as companies continue to pass on rising raw material and labour costs.

U.S. trade policy is one of the biggest risks to Japan’s economic outlook, Bank of Japan board member Junko Nakagawa warned as she flagged continued uncertainty over tariffs. “Since the extent ...

The Bank of Japan (BoJ) is the Japanese central bank, which sets monetary policy in the country. Its mandate is to issue banknotes and carry out currency and monetary control to ensure price ...

In a speech delivered on Thursday, BOJ board member Junko Nakagawa said uncertainty over U.S. tariff policy could hurt the economy not just through falling exports, but excessive market volatility ...

A senior Bank of Japan (BoJ) official crossed the wires in the last hour, citing US President Donald Trump's tariffs as a cause of volatile market moves. Information on these pages contains ...