By Leika Kihara TOKYO, March 4 (Reuters) - Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said the central bank will continue to raise ...

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said Wednesday he will closely monitor the impact of the conflict in the Middle East and ...

By Leika Kihara and Takahiko Wada TOKYO/WAKAYAMA, March 2 (Reuters) - Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Ryozo Himino said the ...

Deputy Governor Ryozo Himino indicated that the central bank is likely to continue raising interest rates as it gradually transitions toward a more neutral monetary policy stance. Speaking at a ...

TOKYO—In 1995, O.J. Simpson was acquitted of murder charges, Coolio’s “Gangsta’s Paradise” topped the charts, and the first Toy Story movie hit the theaters. It was also the last time the Bank of ...

Granted, there’s chatter that the BOJ is determined to hike rates again in short order — perhaps April. In December, the Ueda BOJ raised Japan’s benchmark rate to 0.75%, a 30-year high.

Speaking at FIN/SUM 2026 in Tokyo, Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda declared that blockchain technology has entered its implementation phase, with DeFi, smart contracts, and tokenized assets poised ...

The data poses a communication challenge for the Bank of Japan as it looks to proceed with interest rate hikes.

By Makiko Yamazaki and Takaya Yamaguchi TOKYO, March 13 (Reuters) - Japan likely has less scope to intervene in the currency market than it did in the past, even as the Middle East conflict pushes the ...

TOKYO—Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda said Thursday that the central bank is getting closer to achieving its 2% inflation target, reaffirming his stance of seeking further interest-rate increases. “Amid ...

TOKYO—Inflation in Japan’s capital cooled below the central bank’s 2% target for the first time in over a year, but the slowdown is unlikely to derail further interest rate hikes. While the headline ...