This week’s Bank of Japan (BOJ) meeting, initially intended as a quiet step toward preparing markets for a possible April rate increase, has been reshaped by market turbulence and is

The Bank of Japan (BOJ) is eying April for its next rate hike, as yen weakness persists and the Bank worries the sustained inflation overshoot will embed higher than wanted

The latest Japanese data has firmed up prospects for the Bank of Japan (BOJ) to hike rates to 0.75% at the December 18-19 meeting, the highest level in three decades.

In the wee hours of New York’s Tuesday morning, Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Kazuo Ueda will take part in a digital conference, doing his utmost not to precommit his

Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Kazuo Ueda lit up the December policy meeting with his speech in Nagoya Monday, making clear that the Bank will actively consider a rate hike

A December rate hike by the Bank of Japan (BOJ) is slipping off the table after Governor Kazuo Ueda’s first one-on-one meeting with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi Tuesday followed by

The Bank of Japan (BOJ) held rates steady at 50 basis points for a sixth consecutive meeting on Thursday, but Governor Kazuo Ueda edged closer to signaling that a rate

As Sanae Takaichi assumes Japan’s leadership and assembles her Cabinet, she is already thinking about revising the government’s monetary accord with the Bank of Japan (BOJ). Her rewrite of the

It would take more market credibility than the Bank of Japan (BOJ) can currently command to ignore the government’s pushback against an October rate hike.  On Monday, Etsuro Honda –

Japan’s ruling party is bracing for its fifth leadership change in five years just as the Bank of Japan (BOJ) edges toward a rate hike and the economy absorbs inflation,

Anyone who’s been following our Japan coverage knows we’ve been touting October as the likely timing of the Bank of Japan’s (BOJ) first rate hike since January – a call

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s resignation this weekend has triggered a high-stakes leadership contest within Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), with consequences that could alter the contours of the

Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has narrowly sidestepped being ousted, extending his hold on power through strategic delay tactics that may have bought him another 6-12 months in office –

As Japan enters the final stretch of summer, the political temperature in Tokyo is rising sharply. Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, once seen as a stabilizing figure in a fractious Liberal

Partially freed from political constraints following the conclusion of Japan’s upper house elections late last month, and with attention now turning to upside inflation risk, the Bank of Japan (BOJ)

With Japan’s upper house elections concluded and a critical trade agreement with the US secured, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) is clear to resume its gradual monetary policy normalization and

The Liberal Democratic Party’s (LDP) collapse in Japan’s upper house elections has left Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba presiding over a minority government in both chambers of the Diet — all

With Japan’s upper house elections fast approaching and Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s grip on the legislature under direct threat from stepped-up pressure by US President Donald Trump, the Bank of

The Bank of Japan (BOJ) next week looks set to announce plans to slow tapering of its bond purchases for the upcoming fiscal year to mitigate ongoing disruption to its

Pressure is mounting on the Bank of Japan (BOJ) to support its ailing bond market as waning liquidity at the long end threatens market functioning amid a surge in ultra