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MONETARY POLICY

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 25, 2019
Japan's unfathomable financial policies
Economic theories can't fully explain Japan's financial policies.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 20, 2019
Consumer inflation cools in August to two year low in blow to BOJ
Japan's core consumer inflation slowed to a new two-year low in August due to lower oil costs and feeble economic growth, data showed on Friday, adding to the Bank of Japan's growing challenges in achieving its elusive 2 percent price target.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 17, 2019
Empty hair salons can't be saved by BOJ
Struggling businesses in rural Japan show the limits of the central bank's massive easing.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 17, 2019
Bank of Japan expected to hold its fire this week after Fed and ECB decisions
The Bank of Japan will leave monetary policy unchanged this week as easing trade tensions and calmer financial markets relieve some of the pressure to act, a Bloomberg survey suggests.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 4, 2019
Dissenting voice on BOJ board calls for preemptive monetary easing
A Bank of Japan board member on Wednesday advocated a pre-emptive further easing in monetary policy, warning that the need for additional stimulus is growing as the pain from the U.S.-China trade war on the export-reliant economy broadens.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 23, 2019
Agency prices Japan bond with negative yield for first time as rates plunge
An agency priced a Japanese bond with a negative yield for the first time, in a sign that such debt sales may increase in the nation amid a global tumble in interest rates.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 16, 2019
BOJ's September meeting to be watched closely for new easing
The next policy-setting meeting of the Bank of Japan, set to be held from Sept. 18 to 19, is the subject of heightened attention as observers anticipate fresh monetary-easing after the yen's recent spike against other major currencies.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 7, 2019
Bank of Japan chief Kuroda's pain threshold put to test as yen rallies and yields slump
Global financial turmoil is turning up the heat on the Bank of Japan, raising the question of how much pain it can take before it is forced to act.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 5, 2019
BOJ deputy governor says central bank ready to increase stimulus, and all options are on table
Bank of Japan Deputy Gov. Masayoshi Amamiya on Friday said the central bank is ready to ramp up stimulus and will consider all policy options, including deepening negative interest rates, if the loss of economic momentum hurts its efforts to boost inflation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 21, 2019
How Japan turned against 'bazooka'-wielding central bank chief Haruhiko Kuroda
In late January 2016, the lights were on well past midnight on the seventh floor of the Bank of Japan's headquarters. Inside, a handful of bureaucrats were working on a shock plan.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 17, 2019
Economists expect Bank of Japan will expand stimulus sometime soon, but not this week
A majority of economists now see the Bank of Japan expanding its stimulus as its next move, with a strengthening of the yen from Federal Reserve rate cuts seen as a key factor for triggering action, according to a Bloomberg survey.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 25, 2019
BOJ vows to keep rates super-low for at least a year, and trims Japan growth and inflation forecasts
In the quarterly outlook, the BOJ stuck to its view that the economy will continue to expand moderately as a trend.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 15, 2019
Trump, despite solid U.S. growth, says Fed should fire up crisis-era stimulus
President Donald Trump said on Sunday that actions by the U.S. Federal Reserve have nicked U.S. economic growth and stock market gains by perhaps 30 percent, and that it should begin pumping money into the economy as it did during the 2007-2009 recession.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 8, 2019
Sluggish, dysfunctional Europe isn't Japan in the 1990s, but there's still reason to worry
Europe's sclerotic growth and political dysfunction inspire frequent comparisons with Japan's lost decade from the mid-1990s.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 2, 2019
Japan government bonds have a cute sales mascot, but there's only one buyer that matters
In the land that gave us Hello Kitty, it's no surprise the government employs an endearing mascot to sell its bonds. His name is Kokusai-sensei. A pint-size rendition of him welcomes visitors to the investor relations office at the Finance Ministry. Pudgy and professorial, he's got his own Twitter account...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 1, 2019
What if zero interest rates are the new normal?
Excessive monetary finance is hugely harmful, and it is dangerous to view it as a costless way to solve long-term challenges.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 27, 2019
Struggling to achieve 2% inflation? Then try for 3%
There's been talk of weakening support for Japan's price-increase target. Far from abandoning it, the BOJ should double down to change psychology.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 18, 2019
BOJ gets extra innings just to hit a single
Finance Minister Taro Aso bought Haruhiko Kuroda time to reach that elusive 2 percent inflation target, but this isn't where the BOJ head wants to be.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
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.”
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
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.

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