The BOJ will announce the new study, which will be part of its quarterly Tankan business sentiment survey, later this fiscal year and begin it in 2027 at the earliest, the sources told Kyodo News. To ...

It was the first board meeting since Washington announced a wave of "reciprocal" tariffs in early April. The BOJ also stood pat at its March gathering following a 25-basis-point hike in January.

TOKYO -- The Japanese yen weakened on Thursday after Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda struck a dovish tone, highlighting "extremely high" policy uncertainty now that the U.S.'s "reciprocal" tariffs ...

The BOJ has now held policy steady for the second straight meeting as the board continued to assess the potential impact of US President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Japan’s export-driven economy.

The Nikkei share average extended gains to rise as much as 1% after the policy announcement. "The BOJ's downward revisions to the GDP outlooks for FY2025 and FY2026 were larger than we had ...

As widely expected, the board decided to keep the BOJ's short-term policy rate unchanged at 0.5% by a unanimous vote. BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda is expected to hold a press conference at 3:30 p.m ...

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At the two-day meeting ending on Thursday, the BOJ is widely expected to keep short-term interest rates steady at 0.5 per cent. Given growing headwinds from higher U.S. tariffs, the board is likely to ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -The Bank of Japan kept interest rates steady and sharply cut its growth forecasts on Thursday, suggesting uncertainty surrounding U.S. tariffs and the hit to exports could keep ...

A modest USD uptick further supports USD/JPY, though the divergent BoJ-Fed expectations might cap gains. Traders might also refrain from placing aggressive bets ahead of the crucial BoJ policy ...

BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda said the timing for underlying inflation to converge toward the central bank’s 2% target has been "pushed back somewhat" as trade tensions cloud the outlook. But he said ...