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The yen strengthened and Japanese government bond yields rose to fresh multi-year highs on Friday after the Bank of Japan ...

After a two-day monetary policy meeting, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) decided on Friday to raise its policy interest rate to 0.5 ...

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And it seems policymakers at the central bank are priming markets for such a move, after both Governor Kazuo Ueda and his colleague Ryozo Himino said the decision would be up for debate at the BOJ ...

Last week, BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda hinted at the possibility of a rate hike, citing an anticipated inflation uptick in December following the end of energy subsidies. However, Trump’s ...

This week’s meeting follows mounting speculation that recent data on the Japanese economy has given BoJ governor Kazuo Ueda the “one more notch” of information he said he needed when he kept ...

BOJ Governor Ueda Kazuo said last week he was detecting positive signals on wages from business leaders and the bank's regional offices. He hopes to decide on whether to go ahead with raising ...

Almost from the moment he was sworn in as Bank of Japan governor, Kazuo Ueda sounded like a guy who wanted to be done with negativity. It just wasn’t obvious why. As the BOJ this week considers ...

Kazuo Ueda said his board will be discussing the move. Some 74% of 53 economists forecast a rate increase at the end of the two-day meeting on Jan. 24, according to the poll, rising from 52% in ...

At the same time, comments from BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda and one of his deputies, Ryozo Himino, this week opened the doors for a rate hike on Jan. 24, barring any resurgence in market volatility after ...

TOKYO—Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda repeated his pledge to discuss an interest-rate increase next week, echoing recent comments that have revived market expectations for imminent policy action.