TOKYO, March 31 (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan said on Monday it will reduce purchases of super-long bonds for the first time since embarking on a quantitative tightening (QT) plan last year ...

Ueda also said the BOJ will take "stronger steps" to whittle down monetary support if inflation overshoots its projections, signalling the chance of hiking rates sooner or more aggressively than ...

Koeda shared the same view as other senior BOJ officials on the level of real interest rates, saying that it’s “significantly” low, signaling there’s room for further rate increases.

In a speech delivered on Thursday, BOJ board member Junko Nakagawa said uncertainty over U.S. tariff policy could hurt the economy not just through falling exports, but excessive market volatility ...

But Ueda told parliament the BOJ will scrutinise "without pre-conception" whether the economy will move in line with its forecasts given uncertainty over the impact of U.S. tariffs.

Under a quantitative tightening (QT) programme laid out in July, the BOJ has been slowing bond purchases by around 400 billion yen ($2.65 billion) per quarter to halve monthly purchases to 3 ...

The Bank of Japan (BoJ) board members shared their views on the monetary policy outlook on Tuesday, per the BoJ Minutes of the January meeting. Some members recognized real interest rates were ...

“The BOJ must carefully examine the impacts of the tariffs on the economy. There is no way they can finish that by the May meeting.” ...