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 –