Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Friday the central bank will continue to raise interest rates if improvements in ...

Hiking interest rates only gradually as raw material costs rise could heighten the risk of an upward spiral in wages and ...

Bank of Japan policymakers agreed on the need to keep raising still-low interest rates, but some saw the need to pause for ...

The Bank of Japan may take a long pause before raising interest rates again, but it has still left scope for action this year ...

The Bank of Japan ((BoJ)) kept its key short-term interest rate unchanged at 0.5% during its June 2025 meeting, maintaining ...

Japan just logged its highest core inflation since early 2023, and it’s now looking more likely that the Bank of Japan will ...

The Bank of Japan (BOJ) is leaning toward further interest rate hikes but remains cautious due to ongoing uncertainty ...

The data underscores the challenge the Bank of Japan faces in juggling pressure from sticky food inflation and risks to the fragile economy from uncertainty over President Donald Trump's trade policy.

Following are excerpts from BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda's comments at his post-meeting news conference, which was conducted in ...

The Nikkei 225 Index drifted upwards and is hovering near its highest point since February after the BoJ rate decision.

Last year, the BOJ ended its bond yield curve control and began tapering its huge bond buying. It raised short-term rates to 0.5 per cent in January on the view Japan was making progress towards ...