Governor Kazuo Ueda has signalled the bank's readiness to keep raising rates as inflation-adjusted real borrowing costs ...

Some Bank of Japan policymakers saw scope to resume interest rate increases once trade friction caused by U.S. tariffs eased, ...

Masahiko Loo of State Street Investment Management describes the Bank of Japan's cautious approach to its rate hiking cycle.

As speculation mounts that the Bank of Japan will raise interest rates later this year, there’s a growing risk that required ...

Japan must balance its budget and push the central bank to raise interest rates to alleviate concern over the country's ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -The Bank of Japan may hike interest rates as early as October, as trade-related uncertainty has started to ...

By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) -A few Bank of Japan board members said the central bank would consider resuming interest ...

The S&P Global Japan Services PMI rose to 53.6 in July 2025, slightly above the flash estimate of 53.5 and up from 51.7 in ...

The CEO of Japan's largest bank said the Bank of Japan could raise its policy rate as early as September, given the outlook ...

Bank of Japan watchers brought forward their forecast for when they expect the next interest rate hike, after clarity over ...

The central bank held its overnight call rate target steady at 0.5%, where it has remained since its last hike in January.

The Bank of Japan ((BOJ)) unanimously decided to keep its benchmark short-term interest rate at 0.5% in its July meeting.