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

Japan’s central bank should raise rates when its policy board meets this week, and failure to do so will weaken the yen and ...

Japan’s central bank policymakers are expected to keep rates on hold this week, despite the trade deal with the U.S.

The Bank of Japan (BOJ) is widely anticipated to keep its benchmark interest rate steady at 0.5% during its July 31 policy ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -The Bank of Japan will warn of uncertainty over the impact of U.S. tariffs in a quarterly report due this month, but may offer a less gloomy view on the near-term hit to Japan's ...

At the July 30-31 policy meeting, Ueda must decide whether to break with 25 years of zero interest rates and 23 years of quantitative easing by putting a notable rate hike on the scoreboard.

On Tuesday, Japan's central bank raised interest rates. It marks Japan's first rate hike since February 2007. The markets barely reacted to the decision, which had been widely anticipated.

That prompted the Bank of Japan on Friday to raise interest rates by a quarter point, to 0.5 percent, another step in its pivot away from the ultralow rates officials long used to try to jolt the ...

Japan is getting serious about digital currency Japan has always favored physical currency, but things are changing. The country witnessed the ratio of cashless payments rise to 42.8% in 2024 ...

But the bank decided to lay out details of its bond tapering plan for the coming one to two years at its next meeting on July 30-31, after collecting views from market participants.

The Bank of Japan’s adoption of XRP could be the catalyst needed to send it to new all-time highs, while Rollblock’s Web3 gaming platform has recently been experiencing runaway growth.

The Bank of Japan will warn of uncertainty over the impact of U.S. tariffs in a quarterly report due this month, but may offer a less gloomy view on the near-term hit to Japan's economy than three ...