Leika Kihara

Japan must fix “any misunderstanding” held by U.S. President Donald Trump that its central bank was intentionally weakening the yen with monetary policy, former Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda said. Trump said on Monday he had told Japan and […]

Some Bank of Japan policymakers saw conditions falling into place for an imminent rate hike, with one predicting a move “in the near future,” a summary of opinions at the bank’s December meeting showed, keeping alive the chance of a

The Bank of Japan must raise interest rates and continue phasing out a controversial stimulus program blamed for causing unwelcome yen declines, Yoshihiko Noda, leader of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, said Friday. Noda said in an interview that

A leading indicator of service-sector inflation held near 3% in October, data showed Tuesday, offering further evidence that conditions for another near-term interest rate hike by the Bank of Japan were falling into place. While uncertainty over U.S. president-elect Donald

Tokyo/Takamatsu, Kagawa Pref. – The Bank of Japan must raise interest rates at a “very moderate” pace and avoid prematurely hiking, its policymaker Seiji Adachi said on Wednesday, warning that further yen rises and slowing global demand may weigh on

Osaka – The Bank of Japan can afford to spend time scrutinizing market and overseas economic developments in setting monetary policy, Gov. Kazuo Ueda said Tuesday, suggesting that the central bank is in no rush to raise interest rates further.

JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming – The U.S. Federal Reserve’s dovish shift will likely give the Bank of Japan some respite in its battle to tame a weak yen, but could complicate its efforts to raise interest rates if the two central