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BANK OF JAPAN

BUSINESS
Apr 16, 2015
Analyst examines double mystery: Why BOJ's stock rallies boost Japanese megabanks
Katsuhito Sasajima is looking into a double mystery. Why is the Bank of Japan's stock rising and why do the shares of the mega-banks usually follow?
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 15, 2015
Soccer still a refuge for BOJ staff
The Bank of Japan officials huddle: they're planning a counterattack.
BUSINESS
Apr 7, 2015
BOJ starts two-day meeting, likely to maintain current easing policy
The Bank of Japan started a two-day policy meeting Tuesday in which it is likely to retain its current monetary easing policy despite the likelihood of consumer prices falling into negative territory.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 2, 2015
Companies expect inflation to miss BOJ goal at 1.4%
Companies expect consumer prices to rise 1.4 percent a year from now but remain below the Bank of Japan's inflation target of 2 percent, the central bank said in a survey Thursday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 26, 2015
'Reflationist' economist Harada appointed to BOJ Policy Board
The government on Thursday appointed former Waseda University economics professor Yutaka Harada to the Bank of Japan Policy Board.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 24, 2015
BOJ needs to spread the wealth to rural Japan
The BOJ needs to broaden the impact of the its unprecedented easing program beyond Japan's biggest cities.
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 23, 2015
Bank of Japan research casts doubt on Kuroda's comfort on bonds
The Bank of Japan's own researchers are undermining Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda's view that the market is functioning well as the central bank buys an unprecedented amount of debt.
BUSINESS / Markets
Mar 20, 2015
BOJ policymakers say reaching 2% inflation may take longer than planned: minutes
Many Bank of Japan policymakers believe it could take longer than intended for the central bank to achieve its 2 percent inflation target, given the uncertain prospects for crude oil prices, the BOJ's minutes from a policy meeting showed Friday.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 17, 2015
Japan's accounting problem
Japan's 'lost decades' were not quite as disastrous as commonly assumed.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 17, 2015
BOJ maintains stimulus but sees inflation weakening to 'around zero percent'
The Bank of Japan maintained its massive stimulus program Tuesday and signaled its conviction that a steady economic recovery will help achieve its ambitious price target without immediate, additional monetary easing.
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 17, 2015
BOJ must adopt pay goal as deflation looms, price professor says
The Bank of Japan must take the unusual step of preventing a return to deflation, according to a professor at the University of Tokyo who tracks prices.
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 12, 2015
BOJ unlikely to change monetary policy, economic view at Policy Board meeting
The Bank of Japan is expected to leave its unorthodox ultra-easy monetary policy unchanged and repeat its current assessment of the economy at its two-day policy meeting from Monday, sources close to the matter said.
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 11, 2015
BOJ must drive yen to 140 to nail inflation target, economists say
The Bank of Japan is far from done driving down the yen if it wants to secure a 2 percent inflation target next year, a survey of economists by Bloomberg shows.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 10, 2015
Three reasons why Japan will get more stimulus
With no sign that Japan's economy is on the path of a self-sustaining recovery, a third dose of quantitative easing is almost certain.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 9, 2015
BOJ's No. 2 says no additional easing imminent in near term
The Bank of Japan is not ready to take additional monetary easing measures soon, despite growing concern over disinflation triggered by a plunge in global crude oil prices, BOJ Deputy Gov. Hiroshi Nakaso implied Monday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 5, 2015
BOJ policymaker warns of risks of further easing on economy, prices
A Bank of Japan policymaker warned Thursday that the central bank's decision last October to ease monetary policy further would increase the risk of undermining economic and price stability in the long term.
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 4, 2015
BOJ policymaker says achieving 2% inflation target 'very likely'
The Bank of Japan is "very likely" to achieve its inflation target of 2 percent thanks to improving economic conditions, a key Policy Board member claimed Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 23, 2015
Some BOJ policymakers skeptical of timeline for 2% inflation goal, minutes show
A third of the nine members of the Bank of Japan's Policy Board were skeptical at their meeting last month about achieving the BOJ's 2 percent inflation goal in the targeted period, the central bank's minutes showed on Monday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 20, 2015
Kuroda ally says weak yen shouldn't stop more stimulus if needed
Concern about weakening the yen should not prevent the Bank of Japan from easing monetary policy further if necessary, said Masahiro Kawai, a university professor who has collaborated on research with Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets / ANALYSIS
Feb 18, 2015
Bonds' forward yield surging as market assesses risk of BOJ ending stimulus
The bond market is starting to price in the risk that the Bank of Japan will end its stimulus policies before the government has fixed the nation's finances.

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