Firms polled by the Bank of Japan (BOJ), as part of its detailed "tankan" survey for September, also said they expect ...
Shinjiro Koizumi, a top contender to become Japan's next premier, said it was important for the government and central bank ...
A closely watched survey by Japan's central bank shows sentiment among large Japanese manufacturers improved for a second ...
Confidence among big Japanese manufacturers improved slightly in the three months to September, a central bank survey showed ...
Confidence among Japan’s large manufacturers improved for a second straight quarter, supporting the case for the Bank of ...
The BoJ’s hope is that labour shortages, which are increasing in severity because of the ageing population, will fuel ongoing ...
The Bank of Japan will scale back purchases of super-long bonds in a move that risks deepening losses in the nation’s longest ...
Policy board Member Asahi Noguchi suggested increased pressure to raise interest rates, adding fuel to expectations for ...
Markets have priced in roughly a 50% chance of a rate hike in October. A Reuters poll showed a majority of economists expect ...
The Bank of Japan ((BOJ)) said that it is keeping the door open for further interest rate hikes, according to a Summary of ...
July policy meeting, released on Thursday, showed that while the board unanimously decided to keep interest rates steady, ...
A Bank of Japan board member said at its policy meeting earlier this month that the central bank may return to raising ...