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

The Bank of Japan (BoJ) is the Japanese central bank, which sets monetary policy in the country. Its mandate is to issue ...

The Japanese Yen catches aggressive bids in reaction to the BoJ's hawkish rate hike. BoJ's Ueda reiterated that the central bank will keep adjusting the degree of easing. The US Dollar hangs near ...

Japanese nominal wages rose at the fastest pace in nearly three decades, supporting the Bank of Japan’s latest rate hike decision and keeping the bank on track for further tightening steps.  Nominal ...

The Japanese yen remained capped against the U.S. dollar, with limited upside despite speculation of further rate hikes by ...

rising prices of rice and the boost to import costs from a weak yen. Ueda said there was "still quite some distance" between the BOJ's policy rate and Japan's neutral rate, or the level that neither ...

The Bank of Japan raised its key policy rate Friday to the highest level since 2008 and took a more bullish view on the ...

Japan's central bank has raised its key interest rate to about 0.5% from 0.25%, noting that inflation is holding at a ...

Stronger wages have contributed to the decision by Japan's central bank to raise rates to about 0.5%. The BOJ reiterated that ...

The BOJ hiked short-term lending rates by a quarter point to 0.5%, which had been already priced into money markets after ...

The slightly dovish take may assuage concerns about a yen-led risk-off in global markets, including cryptocurrencies.

(Bloomberg) — The yen advanced Friday after the Bank of Japan raised interest rates for the first time since July and Governor Kazuo Ueda left options open for the timing of the next hike. The ...