The Bank of Japan’s government bond holdings surged 10.6 percent from a year earlier to a record 581 trillion yen ($4.15 trillion) as of the end of fiscal 2022. The central bank, which has ...

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp (SMBC) is nearing a deal to acquire a major stake in Yes Bank, potentially triggering an open offer for an additional 26% stake and making SMBC the largest shareholder.

The Bank of Japan predicted growth of just 0.5 percent, cutting its previous forecast in half, and decided against another hike in interest rates. By River Akira Davis and Kiuko Notoya Reporting ...

A passerby walks past in front of the Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, Jan 23, 2025. [Photo/Agencies] In light of ongoing US tariff pressures, the Bank of Japan held its key interest ...

The Bank of Japan kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged amid widespread market expectations that Governor Kazuo Ueda wouldn’t raise rates given the uncertainty stemming from US tariffs. Ueda and ...

Bank officials began lifting borrowing costs last year after nearly two decades of ultra-loose monetary policies aimed at kick-starting torpid economic growth in Japan. Its key rate is still much ...

Photo: Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg News TOKYO—The Bank of Japan halved its growth forecast for the Japanese economy as U.S. tariffs begin to bite, highlighting how President Trump’s efforts to ...

Bank of Japan (BoJ) Governor Kazuo Ueda is addressing a press conference to explain the reasons behind holding the key interest rate at 0.50% on Thursday. The Japanese Yen keeps falling against ...

The yen fell 0.3% to 143.48 after the Bank of Japan held its rate at 0.5%. The BoJ delayed its inflation target and warned of downside price risks. Kazuo Ueda gave no rate hike timeline as traders ...

Manga Manners is a series of informative poster-style art panels featuring characters from popular series from publisher Kodansha who give quick single-point pieces of advice about Japanese manners ...

The Bank of Japan revised down its growth forecasts and held interest rates steady on Thursday, warning that trade tariffs are fuelling global economic uncertainty. Kazuo Ueda, the central bank's ...

The Bank of Japan on Thursday left its key interest rate unchanged but revised down its growth forecasts, warning that US trade tariffs are fuelling economic uncertainty. "The introduction of ...