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MONETARY POLICY

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 11, 2018
BOJ tightening to begin sooner than expected, U.S. economist Allen Sinai says
Japan's economy will exceed growth forecasts this year, prompting the central bank to tighten monetary policy by mid-year, said Allen Sinai, president of Decision Economics Inc.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 22, 2017
Japan's bounce is a parable of these economic times
The central bank is easing off stimulus, as confidence and exports rise and companies begin to spend.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Dec 21, 2017
Bank of Japan maintains stimulus as inflation lags behind economic growth
The Bank of Japan left monetary stimulus unchanged in the final policy meeting of 2017 on Thursday, remaining on cruise control as it waits for a pickup in stubbornly low inflation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Dec 18, 2017
Bank of Japan's expansion of bond holdings to slow in 2018: economists
The pace at which the Bank of Japan is expanding its massive hoard of bonds will continue to slow in 2018, according to the majority of economists surveyed by Bloomberg.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 14, 2017
Not easy to dispel Japan's deflationary mindset formed over 15 years: Kuroda
Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda said the central bank can help avoid negative price shocks and achieve its 2 percent inflation target by working on inflation expectations through forward guidance.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 2, 2017
Trump said to pick Jerome Powell as Fed chairman, replacing Janet Yellen
President Donald Trump plans to nominate Federal Reserve Gov. Jerome Powell to the top job at the U.S. central bank, according to four people familiar with the decision.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 31, 2017
BOJ leaves stimulus program unchanged while trimming inflation forecasts
The Bank of Japan left its massive monetary stimulus program unchanged even as it trimmed its inflation forecasts, signaling further divergence ahead from its global peers.
EDITORIALS
Sep 28, 2017
And the great unwinding begins
Central bankers today must figure out how to end and reverse quantitative easing without triggering the effects they sought to avoid nearly a decade ago.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 28, 2017
Did quantitative easing do any good?
QE probably helped end the Great Recression, though we'll never know for sure.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 21, 2017
BOJ keeps policy unchanged but new member casts dissenting vote
The Bank of Japan kept its monetary stimulus unchanged Thursday, but a dovish new board member opposed the decision in his first meeting — an unexpected dissension on a board chosen entirely by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 1, 2017
BOJ 'normalization' rides on consolidation
As central banks prepare to start unwinding balance sheets later this year, there is growing concern about the financial soundness of the Bank of Japan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 7, 2017
BOJ's silence on side effects of monetary easing policies adds risk, Kiuchi says
The Bank of Japan is adding to the risks of its aggressive monetary easing policies by discussing only their potential upside, according to recently departed Policy Board member Takahide Kiuchi.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 19, 2017
The Bank of Japan's three communications challenges
Eventually the BOJ will need to clarify its monetary policy stance.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 28, 2017
BOJ keeps snapping up debt, but pace of bond purchases slowing
The Bank of Japan continued its spending spree on government debt, although the pace of increase has slowed dramatically since the introduction of yield-curve control in September 2016.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
May 16, 2017
Kuroda 'quite sure' BOJ can smoothly withdraw stimulus
Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda said he is "quite sure" the central bank can smoothly exit from its massive monetary stimulus when the appropriate time comes.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 21, 2017
Kuroda says BOJ purchase pace to continue for some time
The Bank of Japan will continue with very accommodative monetary policy and maintain the current pace of asset purchases for some time, Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda said in an interview.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Mar 31, 2017
Spotlight on BOJ moves from monetary policy to market operations
Last year, attention on the Bank of Japan focused squarely on its nine-member board and the thinking of key officials at the monetary affairs department.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 22, 2017
Japan's weak yen could trigger a trade war
All bets may be off if Trump labels Tokyo a currency manipulator, a move that may force Abe's hand on reform.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 22, 2017
Ex-BOJ member says government must allay pension jitters before reflating economy
Former Bank of Japan Policy Board member Sayuri Shirai says the central bank has done about all it can do to end the nation's deflationary mindset.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 21, 2017
BOJ's mission to reflate economy incomplete
'Mission incomplete' aptly describes the lack of progress made by the Bank of Japan in reflating Japan's moribund economy.
Japanese markets brace for triple whammy if opposition wins big
A Sanseito campaign van in Shinjuku. The populist party is gaining ground and challenging the more centrist parties.
Polls open for key Upper House election that could shake Japanese politics
People vote during Japan's Upper House election at a polling station in Tokyo on Sunday.
Japan team finds ancient ocean full of squids
The ancient ocean was full of squids, whose population exceeded that of fish or ammonites, a Japanese research team mainly from Hokkaido University has found through a new method using technology.
Sunken WWII Japanese warship Teruzuki found off Solomon Islands
The Solomon Islands. A team from the U.S. nonprofit Ocean Exploration Trust has discovered the Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer Teruzuki on the deep seabed off the Solomon Islands as the 80th anniversary of the war's end approaches.
Living conditions index hits lowest level in 15 years in Japan
The share of respondents to a Bank of Japan quarterly survey in June who said they have become worse off came to 61.0%, up 5.1 percentage points from the previous survey.
‘Noto Democracy’ and the slow work of civic change
Yukio Iokibe’s “Noto Democracy" centers on Motoyuki Takii, a former junior high school teacher who publishes a handwritten newspaper every month to encourage the residents of Anamizu, Ishikawa Prefecture, to engage in local politics.
In microbes we trust: Embracing the nature of fermented food
You don't need an oven to make Kenji Morimoto's easy and delicious Miso Sticky Toffee Crepe Cake.
Touring the Silk Road — without leaving Tokyo
One of the entrances to Pao Compound, a nine-story Silk Road-inspired complex in Tokyo's Higashinakano neighborhood
Japan's rice farmers are confounded by Shinjiro Koizumi’s policies
Kiyoshi Shibata stands in front of one of the rice paddies in Murayama, Yamagata Prefecture, where he produces the prefecture's signature rice brand Tsuyahime.
In Gaza-made obi, Palestinian embroidery meets Japanese kimono
The Palestinian Embroidery Obi Project brings together a traditional Japanese garment and age-old designs from the Middle Eastern region.

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