Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Thursday he met Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba for a regular exchange of views on ...

BOJ officials were also focused on what economic policy course would be set by U.S. President Donald Trump in his inaugural address on Jan. 20. The absence of major moves on financial markets gave ...

“The BOJ is going to raise rates,” said Chotaro Morita, chief strategist at All Nippon Asset Management Co. “There were no major shocks, and no tumbling of stocks on Trump’s first day.

The board decided to raise the BOJ's short-term policy rate to 0.5% ... like the first time in a very long time, there were no major downgrades to their economic outlook. This keeps the door ...