TOKYO] Japan’s Ministry of Finance made an initial request of 32.4 trillion yen (S$280 billion) for next fiscal year’s debt ...

The BOJ last year exited a decade-long, massive stimulus programme and raised short-term interest rates to 0.5% in January on the view Japan was close to durably hitting its 2% inflation target.

The dollar-yen exchange rate fluctuated due to hawkish remarks from the Bank of Japan and anticipation for Fed Chair Powell's speech at Jackson Hole.

TOKYO (Reuters) -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.

(Bloomberg) --US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the Bank of Japan is falling behind the curve in addressing inflation, in a rare comment admonishing policy decisions by a foreign central ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -The Bank of Japan should not rush into raising interest rates given various economic risks, its new board member Kazuyuki Masu said on Tuesday, reinforcing market views that U.S ...

Bank of Japan officials see little need to shift their policy stance of gradually raising interest rates in the wake of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s latest election setback, according to ...

SAITAMA, Japan, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Bank of Japan policy board member Yoshihisa Morimoto said on Thursday that expanding the central bank's asset buying fund is among strong policy options if the ...

The ministry’s request would be the highest amount ever budgeted for debt-servicing costs, which already account for about a ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -The Bank of Japan will likely be raising interest rates as it is behind the curve in dealing with the risk of inflation, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Bloomberg ...