Another year of consistent wage growth would force the Bank of Japan to consider ending its controversial monetary stimulus

A former central bank official has warned the Bank of Japan might phase out stimulus by next month if pressure continues to mount on its currency and prices

Even the Bank of Japan, which has stuck to its ultra-loose policy despite price pressures this year, is now expected to abandon negative interest rates

A Bank of Japan member has called for an early tweak to the key yield curve control setting as the country’s currency continues to come under pressure

Japanese households are being hit hard by rising import costs though the yen's depreciation has boosted exporters' profits and seen stocks soar

Allowing rates to move into positive territory would probably be "the last thing" the Bank of Japan will do, said Nomura’s Asset Management CIO

Japan’s central bank will remain an outlier, its governor pledged, and will continue with its dovish approach despite price pressures

The BoJ’s new chief Kazuo Ueda has already reassured markets that any change won't happen quickly following last month’s banking turmoil

The country’s Ministry of Finance confirmed the record stealth interventions to support the yen took place over three days last October

The global lender had only last year suggested the central bank maintain its ultra-loose policy to support Japan's recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic

Japan is to spend $24bn on support measures as inflation soars in the world’s No3 economy, while the yen’s plunge also has Tokyo worried

The nationwide core consumer price index (CPI), which excludes volatile fresh food costs but includes those of energy, rose 2.2% in June from a year earlier