The Japanese yen, normally one of the most sought after safe havens in times of geopolitical stress, has dropped 2.4% against the U.S. dollar and 1.4% against the
June 23, 2025
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Friday the central bank will continue to raise interest rates if improvements in the economy keep the country on track to durably achieve its
June 20, 2025
Japan's core inflation hit a more than two-year high in May, exceeding the central bank's 2% target for well over three years, keeping it under pressure to resume
June 19, 2025
Bank of Japan policymakers agreed on the need to keep raising still-low interest rates, but some saw the need to pause for the time being due to uncertainty over U.S.
June 19, 2025
Japan's government plans to cut sales of super-long bonds by about 10% from its original plan in a rare revision to its bond programme for the current fiscal year,
June 19, 2025
The Bank of Japan is likely to hold off raising interest rates this year unless a dramatic, positive turn of events in U.S. tariffs allows it to overhaul gloomy
June 19, 2025
The Bank of Japan may take a long pause before raising interest rates again, but it has still left scope for action this year by signaling caution over broadening
June 18, 2025
Japanese manufacturers grew less confident about business conditions in June and expressed caution about the outlook for the next three months, citing U.S. tariff
June 17, 2025
The normally sedate Japanese government bond (JGB) market has attracted global attention in recent weeks as a surge in yields sounded warnings for
June 17, 2025
The Bank of Japan kept interest rates steady on Tuesday and decided to decelerate the pace of its balance sheet drawdown next year, signaling its
June 16, 2025
The Bank of Japan kept interest rates steady on Tuesday and decided to slow the pace of reduction in its bond purchases from next fiscal year, signalling its preference to move
June 17, 2025
The Bank of Japan kept its interest rates steady on Tuesday and said it would slow the pace of reduction in its bond purchases next year, signalling a cautious approach to unwinding its
June 17, 2025
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Japan's government issued rare warnings on rising government bond yields and the changing structure of debt ownership in its economic policy
June 13, 2025
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June 12, 2025
Bank of Japan officials are ramping up calls to keep pace with rapid developments around digital currencies that may accelerate a shift to cashless payments in a
June 11, 2025
The Bank of Japan will forego another interest rate hike this year due to uncertainty over U.S. tariff policy, according to a slight majority of economists in a
June 11, 2025
Japan's largest opposition party called for lowering the central bank's inflation target and giving it more flexibility to raise interest rates on Tuesday as it released its campaign
June 10, 2025
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda on Tuesday stressed anew the central bank's readiness to keep raising interest rates if underlying inflation approaches its 2% target
June 10, 2025
Japanese Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato said on Tuesday that the government will conduct appropriate debt management policies while communicating closely with market participants.
June 09, 2025
Japan is considering buying back some super-long government bonds issued in the past at low interest rates, two sources with direct knowledge of the plan said on
June 09, 2025
Japan's economy contracted less than initially estimated in the January-March quarter, government data showed on Monday, with consumption figures revised upwards
June 08, 2025
The Bank of Japan should make clear it is not monetising government debt by ensuring that fiscal considerations do not take precedence over its goal of achieving price
June 07, 2025
The Bank of Japan should continue to proceed with monetary tightening, which would support a "normalization of the yen's weakness" and rebalancing of bilateral trade,
June 05, 2025
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