Japanese panda fans have seen their beloved pandas return to China over the past decades, but bidding farewell to beloved twins Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei at Sunday’s final public viewing at ...

Bitcoin (BTC) and the Japanese yen, which have recently moved in near lockstep, traded steady on Friday after Japan reported ...

BOJ holds rates at 0.75% in 8-1 vote as Takaichi calls snap election. Yen carry trade unwind poses structural risk for crypto ...

TOKYO—Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda said Thursday that the central bank is getting closer to achieving its 2% inflation target, reaffirming his stance of seeking further interest-rate increases. “Amid ...

On December 19, 2025, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) (8301.T) raised its key interest rate to 0.75%, representing the highest increase since 1995. In a not so hawkish tone, BOJ reiterated that the current ...

TOKYO, Dec 22 (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan will likely raise interest rates ‌three more times to 1.5% during Governor Kazuo Ueda's remaining ‌term through early 2028, former central bank board member ...

TOKYO - With no clear sign of an end to the Bank of Japan's cycle of interest rate increases, economists are expecting more hikes next year to levels that could usher in a new phase of monetary policy ...

Monday - Friday: 12:00 - 13:00 SIN/HK | 0600 - 07:00 CET In this video Tomohiro Ota from Goldman Sachs says Japan’s rate hikes reflect a long-term structural shift out of deflation rather than a ...

TOKYO--After an 11-month wait, Japan's central bank is about to get off the sidelines. Since it last tightened in January, the Bank of Japan has kept its policy rate target at 0.5%. The long pause has ...

Japan’s central bank is once again at the center of global market anxiety. The Bank of Japan (BOJ) is scheduled to announce its next interest rate decision on Dec. 19, and growing speculation of a ...

All 50 BOJ watchers surveyed by Bloomberg expect the bank to raise its benchmark rate to 0.75% on Friday next week. Many of them said the key focus of the gathering is whether the BOJ provides a new ...

The Bank of Japan will raise its policy interest rate next week, resuming the hiking cycle for the first time since January, according to a Bloomberg survey of BOJ watchers. All 50 economists expect ...