Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Friday the central bank must maintain loose monetary policy to ensure underyling ...

The slightly dovish take may assuage concerns about a yen-led risk-off in global markets, including cryptocurrencies.

The Bank of Japan’s message on gradual interest hikes has been clearly received by financial markets, Governor Kazuo Ueda ...

Underlying inflation in Japan is still slightly below the central bank’s target of 2%, Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda said, ...

A long-awaited autopsy of the lost decades reveals that the governor is eager to move on. But the potential for missteps is ...

Bank of Japan (BoJ) Governor Kazuo Ueda speaks at the post-policy meeting press conference on Friday, explaining the reasons ...

"There is still a considerable distance to the neutral interest rate" -- a level that is neither stimulative nor restrictive to the economy, BOJ Gov. Kazuo Ueda said in a press conference. He stopped ...

(AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama, File) Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda arrives at its headquarters in Tokyo Friday, Jan. 24, 2025.

The Bank of Japan raised interest rates on Friday to their highest since the 2008 global financial crisis, underscoring its ...

The yen was set for its best January performance since 2018 on Friday, driven by the expectation for Japanese interest rates ...

Out of 19 economists, 18 agreed on prospects of a rate hike, with most pointing to a recent change in tone of the BOJ ...