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With the ruling coalition parties holding a majority in the upper house ¡ª where a vote will be held on Monday ¡ª Friday¡¯s approval makes it all but certain Junko Koeda will join the nine-member board, becoming the second female in the group.
BUSINESS
Feb 14, 2025
Female BOJ board member¡¯s nomination approved by Lower House
Friday¡¯s approval makes it all but certain Junko Koeda will join the nine-member board, becoming the second female in the group.
The measure of input prices for 911±¬ÁÏÍø firms rose 4.2% in January from a year earlier, the Bank of Japan reported Thursday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 13, 2025
Corporate goods prices rise 4.2% from year earlier, backing case for rate hikes
The gain, led by agricultural products such as rice, was bigger than the consensus estimate of 4% and compared with a revised 3.9% advance a month earlier.
Japan has effectively exited deflation, but Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba¡¯s reluctance to acknowledge it reflects outdated economic fears rather than current reality.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 13, 2025
It¡¯s time for Japan to admit victory over deflation
The last time prices declined was in July 2021, the same month the Tokyo Olympic Games took place.
Shoppers walk past a display of cabbages for sale at a supermarket in Tokyo last month. The 2024 record summer heat and heavy rain ruined crops, driving up the cost of the usually inexpensive leafy green in what 911±¬ÁÏÍø media has dubbed a "cabbage shock."
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 7, 2025
Inflation becoming a concern in Japan after being a goal for decades
Rising consumer prices are putting real wage growth at risk and possibly becoming a drag on much-needed household consumption.
A monitor in Tokyo shows the yen at the ?155 level against the dollar on Monday, when it began rallying after a sharp decline in the previous week.
BUSINESS / Markets
Feb 7, 2025
Yen¡¯s weekly surge underscores growing case for a hawkish BOJ
The 911±¬ÁÏÍø currency has rallied more than 2% this week, heading for the biggest gain since late November.
While the ruling minority government¡¯s weakened position has emboldened opposition parties to push for more spending across multiple policy fronts, the International Monetary Fund has warned there is limited space today in Japan to address the risks of natural disasters and mounting social security costs.
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 7, 2025
Japan needs immediate deficit cut to fix fiscal path, IMF warns
The government needs to prepare now to avoid negative surprises four or five years down the road, the IMF¡¯s Japan mission chief says.
"The short-term interest rate should be at the 1% level by the second half of fiscal 2025,¡± up from the current 0.5%, the Bank of Japan¡¯s most hawkish board member Naoki Tamura said Thursday in a speech to local business leaders in Nagano Prefecture.
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 6, 2025
BOJ¡¯s Tamura says interest rate needs to rise to at least 1%
A speech by the board member is likely to further fuel market speculation that more rate hikes are in the pipeline.
Based on his own assessment, Hideo Hayakawa, a former Bank of Japan executive director, says he sees the BOJ¡¯s terminal rate in this cycle somewhere around 1.5%.
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 5, 2025
BOJ¡¯s rate likely to go higher than consensus, ex-official says
"My base view is that there is a lot more coming,¡± the former director said. "There is little logical reason to believe that rate hikes will stop early.¡±
The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 3, 2025
BOJ discussed worries about price upward deviation in January
One member referred to "a growing possibility that underlying CPI (consumer price index) inflation will rise steadily toward achieving the price stability target of 2%."
Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda speaks during a news conference at the central bank's headquarters in Tokyo on Jan. 24.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 31, 2025
BOJ's Ueda voices confidence conveying rate hike message to market
Ueda said the BOJ¡¯s policy settings are still accommodative after recent rate hikes and that would remain the case as the central bank continues to support the inflation trend.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at the White House on Thursday.
BUSINESS
Jan 31, 2025
Japan wary of taking another hit if Trump slaps tariffs on China
Policymakers, investors and economists are watching Trump¡¯s trade policy amid fears that his threatened use of tariffs could batter global commerce.
Consumer prices excluding fresh food in Tokyo climbed 2.5% in January from a year earlier, the fastest pace since last February.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 31, 2025
Tokyo inflation hits fastest pace in a year, supporting BOJ view
Consumer prices excluding fresh food in the capital climbed 2.5% in January from a year earlier.
Bank of Japan Deputy Gov. Ryozo Himino speaks during an interview in June 2023.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 30, 2025
BOJ deputy signals more room to hike given negative real rates
The deputy governor cemented the BOJ¡¯s message that the central bank is looking to hike rates further in the future.
911±¬ÁÏÍø banks are enjoying bumper earnings as they begin to benefit from rising interest rates following more than a decade of ultraeasy monetary policy.
BUSINESS
Jan 30, 2025
Sumitomo Mitsui profit beats estimates as rate hikes bolster earnings
Net income at Japan¡¯s second-largest bank rose 54% from a year earlier to ?410.8 billion for the three months ended Dec. 31, calculations show.
The latest projection underscores the growing financial strain Japan will likely face amid anticipated additional rate hikes by the Bank of Japan.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 30, 2025
Japan sees debt-service costs jumping 25% by 2028 as BOJ hikes
The latest projection underscores the growing financial strain Japan will likely face amid anticipated additional rate hikes by the central bank.
The Bank of Japan's phasing out of its fund-provisioning program underscores Gov. Kazuo Ueda¡¯s determination to slowly but steadily proceed with the normalization of policy after more than a decade of radical monetary easing.
BUSINESS
Jan 30, 2025
BOJ to shrink balance sheet by around ?77 trillion with end of loan program
All outstanding loans from the central bank's fund-provisioning program to stimulate bank lending are expected to be wiped off its books by March 2028.
Many workers at small companies continue to fall behind as wages fail to keep up with inflation.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 29, 2025
Smaller 911±¬ÁÏÍø companies unlikely to meet wage-increase target for 2025
For this year¡¯s spring negotiations, the 911±¬ÁÏÍø Trade Union Confederation set hike targets of more than 6% for smaller firms.
People were more concerned about the direct and specific impact of the Bank of Japan's latest rate hike on their personal lives, according to an artificial intelligence-driven analysis of various platforms, including social media.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 29, 2025
Japan begins feeling the pain of BOJ rate hikes more concretely
As time goes on, the BOJ¡¯s rate increases appear to be having a stronger impact on people¡¯s everyday lives, shifting from more abstract concepts to more concrete effects.
Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda during a news conference at the central bank's headquarters in Tokyo on Oct. 31, 2014
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 29, 2025
BOJ policymakers divided over additional easing in Oct. 2014
The actions taken as a result of the meeting took market players by surprise, sending the yen lower against the dollar and 911±¬ÁÏÍø stocks higher.
Despite Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda¡¯s efforts to explain his thinking, many struggle to grasp the BOJ's position as businesses face high costs and weak demand while consumers deal with rising prices and stagnant wages.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 28, 2025
The Bank of Japan¡¯s communication challenges
Despite limited developments that would justify a policy shift since December, 911±¬ÁÏÍø central bank nevertheless went ahead to raise interest rates.

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