The Bank of Japan should hold off raising interest rates until the economy achieves a stronger recovery, Sohei Kamiya, head ...

By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) -About 85% of Japanese households expect prices to rise a year from now, a quarterly central bank survey showed on Monday. The figure compared with 86.7% in the ...

Japan's central bank may face political pressure to keep interest rates low for longer than it wants, as opposition parties favouring tax cuts and loose monetary policy are expected to gain influence ...

The new projections will be announced after the BOJ's next policy meeting on July 30-31, when the board will conduct a ...

The Bank of Japan finished selling off its holdings of stocks bought from 2002 to 2010 in a rare programme to avert ...

Bank of Japan officials are likely to consider raising at least one of their inflation forecasts at a policy meeting later ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Bank of Japan decided Tuesday to slow the pace of its government bond-buying reduction beyond next year while keeping interest ra ...

The Bank of Japan left its key interest rate unchanged Wednesday in a widely expected move given the global economic uncertainty fuelled by US trade ...

The Bank of Japan (BoJ) has raised its key short-term interest rate by 25 basis points to 0.5%, marking the highest level since 2008.

TOKYO >> The Bank of Japan is expected to raise interest rates on Friday barring any market shocks when U.S. President-elect Donald Trump takes office, a move that would lift short-term borrowing ...

Traders risk-off as the Bank of Japan hints at further rate hikes and investors’ confidence in the US stock market takes a hit.

The Bank of Japan became the last major central bank to abandon its negative interest rate policy in March and last Wednesday surprised markets when it raised its policy rate by 10 basis points to ...