BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda has justified going slow on rate hikes by explaining that "underlying inflation," which focuses on ...

Pressure is mounting within the Bank of Japan to ditch a vaguely defined gauge of inflation as worries about second-round ...

Bank of Japan policymakers debated the likelihood of resuming interest rate increases with one signaling the chance of a hike ...

The Bank of Japan's summary from its July meeting reveals that policymakers are becoming more open to raising interest rates, ...

"If its outlook for economic activity and prices will be realized, the Bank, in accordance with improvement in economic activity and prices, will continue to raise the policy interest rate and adjust ...

Eighty years after the dropping of the first atomic bomb, Hiroshima’s survivors and their descendants describe how health ...

As speculation mounts that the Bank of Japan will raise interest rates later this year, there’s a growing risk that required ...

Bank of Japan watchers brought forward their forecast for when they expect the next interest rate hike, after clarity over ...

Automakers have swallowed the rising costs from the tariffs instead of passing them on to U.S. consumers, as seen in a fall ...

TOKYO--Japan's central bank policymakers are expected to keep rates on hold this week, even though a trade deal with the U.S. relieves some uncertainty over tariffs and strengthens the case for ...

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda, center, attends a meeting of BOJ branch managers at the central bank's headquarters in Tokyo on July 10, 2025. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Bank of Japan on ...

The Bank of Japan held rates at 0.5 per cent on Thursday as expected and warned that the risks to economic activity and prices were skewed to the downside This view was reflected in a fresh set of ...