An index of sentiment among the country’s biggest manufacturers edged lower to 12 in March, the Bank of Japan’s (BOJ) quarterly Tankan report showed on Tuesday (Apr 1). The gauge for the biggest ...

Big manufacturers’ sentiment declined slightly in the Bank of Japan’s March Tankan survey, which was released Tuesday. The firms’ confidence slipped to 12 on the survey’s index of business confidence, ...

Nakamura succeeds Takeshi Kato, whose four-year term as one of the BOJ's six executive directors expired on Monday. Aside from a one-year stint heading the BOJ's monetary affairs department ...

That’s the sixth straight year of losses for Japan’s sovereign debt, and the biggest since 1990, as the BOJ raises rates when other central banks are cutting them. In a time of both ...

TOKYO, March 31 (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan said on Monday it will reduce purchases of super-long bonds for the first time since embarking on a quantitative tightening (QT) plan last year ...

This story originally aired on April 15, 2023. Hilda Marcela Arzola-Plascencia, a doctor in Durango, Mexico, was used to handling medical emergencies. But nothing prepared her for the call she got ...

The discussion highlights how U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff hikes are complicating the BOJ's plan to raise interest rates to address broadening price increases that have kept Japan's ...

“The BOJ must carefully examine the impacts of the tariffs on the economy. There is no way they can finish that by the May meeting.” ...

The Bank of Japan (BoJ) published the Summary of Opinions from its March monetary policy meeting, with the key findings noted below. One member said inflation is somewhat overshooting expectations.

The data will be among key factors the BOJ will scrutinise at its next policy meeting on April 30-May 1, when the board is set to issue fresh quarterly growth and price forecasts. "Judging from ...

A convicted paedophile, who has spent more than half his life in jail, is in a critical condition after a suspected 'self harm incident'. Bradley Pen Dragon, 65, has been convicted of a string of ...

The Bank of Japan’s newly appointed board member Junko Koeda did her best to keep various options open over the timing of the central bank’s next interest rate hike as she started her five ...