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INTEREST RATES

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Apr 17, 2023
New BOJ head's message to world: We're staying the course — for now
Since taking the helm a week ago, Ueda has dropped some hints the massive stimulus of his dovish predecessor Haruhiko Kuroda will eventually be phased out.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 13, 2023
New BOJ chief vows to keep stimulus and shuns premature tightening
While other countries are experiencing elevated inflation, the situation is 'quite different' in Japan, Kazuo Ueda said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 9, 2023
Ueda takes over top BOJ job with a long to-do list
There will be little time to celebrate for Ueda, an academic, author and former BOJ board member who will be under the microscope as he leads the central bank through a crucial period.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 7, 2023
Haruhiko Kuroda less dovish as he departs BOJ after decade of massive stimulus
The BOJ's failure to change public expectations raises a lot of questions about the effectiveness of unconventional monetary policy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 6, 2023
A tumultuous Kuroda era reverberated far beyond Japan
Outgoing BOJ Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda's battle against deflationary mindsets was exhausting, but it burnished his reputation as an innovator.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
Apr 6, 2023
BOJ’s Kuroda hands $11.7 trillion ‘shock and awe’ experiment to his successor
In 10 years, the BOJ forked out ¥1.55 quadrillion ($11.7 trillion) on bonds, stock funds and corporate debt. The staggering cost has economists asking: 'Was it all worth it?”
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Apr 1, 2023
A $3 trillion threat to global financial markets looms in Japan
Just over a week before a momentous leadership change at the Bank of Japan, investors are gearing up for the seemingly inevitable end to a decade of ultralow interest rates.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 31, 2023
IMF says BOJ should avoid hasty exit and provide rate guidance
Any indication of a shift in the 'yield curve control' program could trigger a massive bond selloff, leaving some economists predicting that an end to YCC could come very abruptly.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 23, 2023
Will the new BOJ chief choose to maintain the status quo?
After 10 years of monetary easing under BOJ Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda, all eyes will be watching the central bank’s next steps under its new chief, Kazuo Ueda.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 20, 2023
BOJ debated side effects of easy policy at March meeting
While global banking woes have taken some pressure off long-term interest rates, the debate underscores the challenge incoming BOJ Gov. Kazuo Ueda faces in keeping borrowing costs low.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 16, 2023
Somewhere in the multiverse, SVB could be the BOJ
Just like Silicon Valley, Japan is dependent on easy money. That makes SVB’s collapse a cautionary tale for those who think the central bank should be tightening.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 15, 2023
BOJ debated feasibility of tweaking yield control in January, minutes show
The board also agreed inflation and wages could overshoot expectations, suggesting a phase-out of its massive stimulus remains on the cards when Kazuo Ueda takes over as governor.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 10, 2023
BOJ maintains monetary easing at Kuroda's last policy board meeting
Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda is set to end his 10-year term and pass the torch to incoming chief Kazuo Ueda, whose appointment was approved by parliament Friday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 6, 2023
Kuroda’s decade at the BOJ changed how Japan’s banks make money
Investors prepare for an eventual normalization of monetary policy with BOJ Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda, who introduced negative interest rates, set to hand over the reins.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 3, 2023
BOJ watchers see higher chance of June shift after Kazuo Ueda hearings
Some 41% of BOJ watchers expect a tightening step to take place in June according to a recent survey.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 2, 2023
Ex-BOJ governor Shirakawa urges re-examination of monetary framework and inflation targets
By allowing inflation to overshoot their targets, central banks 'forgot the difficulty of taking away the monetary punch bowl' and failed to tighten policy soon enough, he said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 27, 2023
Ueda says benefits of BOJ stimulus outweigh side effects
Still, he acknowledged that some policy shifts had to come as a surprise to avoid speculation, a remark that may support the view of market players betting on change.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 27, 2023
G20 nations understand BOJ’s ongoing easing measures, Kuroda says
Japan’s price growth, currently above the BOJ’s 2% target, is mainly driven by imports and is expected to fall below the target in the fiscal year starting in April, Kuroda said on Saturday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 25, 2023
Kazuo Ueda faces hurdles on the path to ending BOJ's massive monetary easing
Ueda told a parliamentary confirmation hearing that once he becomes BOJ governor, his 'greatest mission' is to make an appropriate decision regarding the timing of policy changes.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
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The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
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The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
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Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
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