OKAYAMA--The Bank of Japan must raise interest rates to at least 1% as soon as the second half of next fiscal year, hawkish policymaker Naoki Tamura said on Thursday, reinforcing the bank's ...

US President Donald Trump's aggressive tariff policy risks clouding the outlook for the Bank of Japan's monetary policy normalization and could drag on lenders' incomes.

The yen strengthened as far as 151.81 per dollar - the strongest level since December 12 - in the Tokyo morning, after the BOJ’s Naoki Tamura said the central bank must raise rates to at least 1 ...

The central bank’s hawkish board member Naoki Tamura said this month that the BOJ must raise interest rates to at least 1% by the second half of the fiscal year beginning April. About 44% of ...

The central bank's hawkish board member Naoki Tamura said this month that the BOJ must raise interest rates to at least 1% by the second half of the fiscal year beginning April. About 44% of ...

“My view is that ... the output gap is already in positive territory in reality and the lack of supply capacity is exerting upward pressure on prices,” Naoki Tamura, a hawkish BOJ board ...

An equal proportion believed that no further hikes should occur. BOJ board member Naoki Tamura recently advocated for raising interest rates to at least 1 per cent in the latter half of the upcoming ...

The central bank’s hawkish board member Naoki Tamura said this month that the BOJ must raise interest rates to at least 1% by the second half of the fiscal year beginning April. About 44% of ...