BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda said the experiments will examine links between blockchain systems and Japan’s existing settlement infrastructure. The Bank of Japan will conduct technical experiments using ...

TOKYO, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said ⁠the ⁠central bank will scrutinise data at its ⁠March and April meetings in deciding whether to raise interest rates, the Yomiuri ...

TOKYO—Bank of Japan policy board members have grown more cautious about the potential inflationary impact of a weak yen, meeting minutes show, as markets stay on alert for any sign of action to ...

TOKYO--The Bank of Japan is likely to hold policy settings steady this week as it examines the effects of its latest interest-rate hike in December. In the final month of last year, the central bank ...

Most Bank of Japan watchers judge that Governor Kazuo Ueda and his colleagues have been slow in ratcheting up interest rates, and expect the next move still to be several months away in their base ...

TOKYO, Dec 22 (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan will likely raise interest rates ‌three more times to 1.5% during Governor Kazuo Ueda's remaining ‌term through early 2028, former central bank board member ...

Markets see a high chance of the BOJ lifting rates to 0.75%, the highest since 1995. Investors are focused on guidance, yen movements and the path of future hikes. Rising yields could strain Japan’s ...

The Bank of Japan is widely expected to raise its benchmark rate Friday to the highest level in three decades, in a sign of growing confidence that it will achieve its stable inflation target.

TOKYO--After an 11-month wait, Japan's central bank is about to get off the sidelines. Since it last tightened in January, the Bank of Japan has kept its policy rate target at 0.5%. The long pause has ...

HONG KONG, Dec 16 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Sanae Takaichi took office vowing to tackle rampant inflation, even though her fiscal ambitions look more likely to hasten price rises if successful.

TOKYO, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Investors seeking clarity from the Bank of Japan on how much higher interest rates could go could be disappointed, former central bank officials say, as clear-cut estimates on ...

The dollar weakened against the Japanese yen on Monday following Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda's strongest indication to date that a December interest rate increase could be under consideration, ...