TOKYO, July 31 (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan revised up its inflation forecasts on Thursday and offered a less gloomy outlook on the economy than three months ago, keeping alive the possibility of a ...

TOKYO, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Some Bank of Japan board members, at a policy meeting in July, called for resuming interest rate hikes in the future, even as the board decided unanimously to keep borrowing ...

The Bank of Japan will likely leave its benchmark interest rate untouched this week after Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s recent resignation announcement added to the list of uncertainties to consider ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -The yen's recent sharp falls may prompt the Bank of Japan to raise interest rates as soon as this month, former central bank executive Kazuo Momma said on Wednesday. The yen has ...

One of the biggest stories emerging from the Far East this month is the imminent launch of a blockchain-based version of the Japanese yen, one of the world’s major fiat currencies. The timing for this ...

Japan’s consumer inflation cooled in July, but remained well above the central bank’s target of 2%, reinforcing expectations of a coming interest-rate increase. Consumer prices, excluding volatile ...

The Bank of Japan (BOJ) is increasingly expected to raise its key interest rate at the October policy board meeting, as speculation intensifies on the back of fresh remarks from a former board member ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -The Bank of Japan will raise its key interest rate by at least 25 basis points in the October-December quarter, a majority of economists said in a Reuters poll, down from nearly ...