The Bank of Japan needs to keep adjusting the degree of monetary accommodation in stages, policy board member Hajime Takata ...

Bank of Japan board member Hajime Takata said on Wednesday the central bank must continue to raise interest rates gradually ...

The Bank of Japan must raise interest rates more as keeping them at current low levels could cause excessive risk-taking and ...

BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda issued a mild warning on Friday that it could increase bond buying if "abnormal" market moves trigger ...

Asia market update: RBNZ cuts another 50bps but easing to slow; BOJ’s Takata fails to move Yen; Focus on UK Jan CPI, US Jan ...

Many economists expect the BOJ's next tightening move to come around the summer time so that it can sustain the pace of one hike in every six months. In a reflection of those hopes, the yen has ...

Takata adds that the BOJ's price stability target of 2 percent will likely be achieved in fiscal 2025 or later, due to solid increases in base pay. But he also notes what he calls domestic ...

Feb. 19 (Jiji Press)--The Bank of Japan needs to consider implementing further gear shifts in its monetary policy after last month's additional interest rate hike, BOJ policymaker Hajime Takata ...

Bond yields rose on the data, as markets factor in the chance that the Bank of Japan (BOJ) could hike interest rates more ...

"Inflation is approaching the BOJ's 2 per cent target with positive corporate behaviour already observed," Takata said in a speech, adding the BOJ must be mindful of upside risks to inflation.