Bank of Japan

The Bank of Japan lifted its main interest rate Wednesday for just the second time in 17 years in another step away from its long-standing ultra-loose monetary policies. The central bank said in a statement it...

Economists and media sources predicted that Japan’s central bank would abandon its unconventional negative interest rate policy on Tuesday and raise borrowing costs for the first time in 17 years. After Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022,...

Iwama Kiminori, the Japanese ambassador to Bangladesh, has stated his nation’s commitment to strengthen bilateral ties with Dhaka over the course of the next 50 years in keeping with their “strategic partnership,” which focuses on trade,...

In its final meeting before Governor Haruhiko Kuroda steps down and is succeeded by economics professor Kazuo Ueda, the Bank of Japan maintained its ultra-easy monetary policy. Most analysts anticipated that the Bank of Japan would...

The Bank of Japan dug its heels in on its easy-money policies Thursday while raising its inflation forecast, even as other countries hike interest rates to tackle soaring prices. Policymakers have refused to move away measures...

The Bank of Japan extended an emergency virus-related lending programme but kept its monetary easing policy unchanged Friday, as the country faces a record spike in new Covid-19 cases. In May, the central bank launched a...

News Hour: Tokyo shares slipped at the start of trading on Thursday as a stronger yen hit exporters, while investors await the outcome of a Bank of Japan policy meeting, reports BSS. The Japanese central bank,...