At a news conference after the Policy Board meeting, BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda indicated that further rate hikes were possible if economic trends moved in the direction forecasted by the central bank.

It was the first time a BOJ policymaker publicly specified a level the central bank should eventually target in pushing up short-term borrowing costs. Tamura said the likelihood of Japan's economy ...

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.

Keen to continue normalising ultra-loose monetary policy, the BOJ will seek to raise short-term rates to 0.75% from 0.5% either at the next meeting on April 30-May 1 or June, said Sakurai ...

In delivering the bank’s semi-annual report to lawmakers Wednesday, Ueda reiterated the BOJ’s stance that it will continue to raise interest rates if its economic outlook is realized ...

“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.” ...