Nakamura is considered among the most dovish members of the BOJ policy board. He has voted against the bank's decisions to raise rates. His five-year term as a BOJ board member is set to end in June.

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 ...

"The bank needs to wait and see until developments in U.S. tariff policy have become somewhat settled," one of the BOJ's nine policy board members said at the April 30-May 1 meeting where the central ...

Toyoaki Nakamura’s speech comes shortly after government data showed that Japan’s economy shrank more than expected in the ...

The Bank of Japan should refrain from raising short-term interest rates for a while, as downside pressure on the country's export-driven economy has been growing amid U.S. President Donald Trump's ...

In March last year, the BOJ ended its 11-year ultra-easy monetary policy and ... paused hours later. Still, Ueda said the BOJ will continue to gradually raise policy interest rates if economic ...

That suggests discussions may have touched upon Japan's monetary policy, as both wages and prices ... BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda on Thursday repeated the central bank's readiness to keep hiking ...

New York Federal Reserve President John Williams acknowledged on Monday that investors are taking a look at how they invest ...

Central banks should still be able to conduct monetary policy effectively and perhaps be even nimbler in a more decentralized ...

NEW YORK :Central banks should still be able to conduct monetary policy effectively and perhaps be even nimbler in a more decentralized financial system, according to the findings of a joint ...