The Bank of Japan made a significant step toward shrinking its massive balance sheet last week, while market watchers were ...

The BOJ’s first major quantitative tightening step took place in July 2024 when it decided to slash bond buying by ¥400 ...

The fading shadow of reflationists in the Bank of Japan, and the latest addition to the board of an academic favouring an end ...

All outstanding loans from the central bank's fund-provisioning program to stimulate bank lending are expected to be wiped ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - The fading shadow of reflationists in the Bank of Japan, and the latest addition to the board of an ...

The outcome of decades of accommodative policies has resulted in the Bank of Japan (BOJ) accumulating a balance sheet equivalent to 125 percent of Japan’s GDP — a ratio that surpasses any ...

TOKYO: Japan should be on alert for any spillover effects from rising foreign market volatility that could affect liquidity ...

After three decades of near-zero inflation, there are signs that Japan’s economy can sustainably converge to a new equilibrium. Inflation has surpassed the Bank of Japan’s 2-percent target for over ...

US, European, Turkish, Canadian, Swedish central banks cut rates in January, while Bank of Japan raises policy rate to ...

London’s blue chips approached the weekend on the back foot, having receded from record territory on Friday with a 23-point ...

Aflac Japan represented more than 70% of pre-tax adjusted earnings and three quarters of the company's consolidated balance sheet in 2024. Aflac Japan also generated a 15.5% increase in pretax ...