The comments by Governor Kazuo Ueda signal the bank's resolve to continue weaning the economy off monetary support.

Bank of Japan (BoJ) Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Monday that the central bank “will not rule out the possibility of selling ...

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Wednesday the central bank will continue to raise interest rates if economic and price developments move in line with its projections. "Japan's economy is ...

BOJ Governor Ueda Kazuo said at a news conference on the bank's monetary policy meeting that policymakers were forced to ...

“Our projection is that the underlying price trend will broadly reach 2% in the second half of our outlook period,” Ueda said. “Of course monetary policy can be adjusted in line with that ...

The Bank of Japan’s governor said that the central bank may have to consider responding by raising interest rates if the rise ...

The Bank of Japan is set to hold the benchmark rate at the current level of 0.5 per cent on Wednesday.

In February 2023, former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida nominated Ueda as the governor of the BoJ. He is widely regarded as an expert on monetary policy but was considered a surprise appointment by ...

Bank of Japan policymakers were at loggerheads this month over how soon they should raise interest rates again as some ...

Tokyo stocks ended mixed Wednesday, as a weaker yen boosted exporter-related issues while investors cautiously awaited ...

Ueda said Japan's recent "very high" inflation ... which are likely to dissipate and thus not a reason to tighten monetary policy. But there is a chance that sustained rises in food costs could ...