TOKYO, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Tuesday he told Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi the central bank was gradually raising interest rates to guide inflation smoothly ...

TOKYO, Nov 10 (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan should avoid raising interest rates in December and wait at least until January next year to support a fragile economy, Takuji Aida, an economist chosen to ...

TOKYO—The Bank of Japan’s policy board has signaled that the next interest-rate increase may be coming soon, according to its latest summary of opinions, with members keeping a particular eye on ...

Governor Kazuo Ueda told Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi that the Bank of Japan is in the process of slowly dialing back its easing support for the economy, signaling his unshaken intention to carefully ...

The latest summary of opinions from Bank of Japan's policy meeting indicated a significant chance of an interest rate hike as soon as December, with roughly half of market watchers forecasting such a ...

Some Bank of Japan board members debating the timing for a rate hike cited the need for caution owing to the nation’s prolonged experience with deflation, pushing back against two who called for a ...

TOKYO—The first face-to-face meeting between Japan’s prime minister and the head of its central bank has cooled expectations that an interest-rate hike is coming soon, sending the yen to a nine-month ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -The Bank of Japan will raise interest rates at its upcoming December meeting, according to a slim majority of economists in a Reuters poll, pushing through with its aim of normalising ...

This photo shows the Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo. (Mainichi) NIIGATA, Japan (Kyodo) -- A Bank of Japan board member on Thursday called for interest rates to be raised to avoid future ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -A growing number of policymakers at the Bank of Japan believed that conditions were falling into place for interest rates to rise, with two members advocating an immediate increase, ...