By Leika Kihara and Takahiko Wada TOKYO (Reuters) – Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda must change his communication style that is confusing markets into believing an exit from ultra-loose…
By Leika Kihara and Yoshifumi Takemoto TOKYO (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan may prefer to go slow in ending ultra-low interest rates, but the weak yen and risks of…
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan will forgo intervening in the market unless the yen plunges past 150 to the dollar and becomes a huge political headache for premier…
TOKYO (Reuters) – Former Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda has received a job offer from a prestigious university in Tokyo, days after retiring from the helm of the central…
TOKYO (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan will likely modify or end its bond yield control policy due to increasing side-effects such as the hit to financial institutions’ profits, former…
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – Former Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Masaaki Shirakawa called on policymakers to reconsider central banks’ monetary framework based on inflation targets, given their limits…
TOKYO (Reuters) – Former Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Hirohide Yamaguchi, a vocal critic of Governor Haruhiko Kuroda’s stimulus programme, is emerging as a strong candidate to become next head…
TOKYO (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan is continuing large-scale monetary stimulus as the economy has not fully recovered from COVID-induced slump and as wage growth has lagged behind price…
By Leika Kihara and Takahiko Wada TOKYO – Sanctions imposed on Russia could prod more countries like China to look at central bank digital currencies (CBDC) as a tool to…