Markets expect the Bank of Japan to hold rates, but guidance could move the yen, Bitcoin, and global risk assets.

Bitcoin BTC $89,477.17 and the Japanese yen, which have recently moved in near lockstep, traded steady on Friday after Japan reported its first inflation slowdown in four months and the Japanese ...

The BoJ held off on hiking its headline rate on Friday as expected, following signs of panic in Japan's bond market this week. Just last month, the Japanese central bank raised its key interest rate ...

The Bank of Japan kept its key short-term interest rate at 0.75% during its first policy meeting of 2026, maintaining the highest borrowing costs since September 1995, before February's snap election.

Japan's two largest banks say they are set to increase their holdings of Japanese government bonds as rising interest rates promise higher returns, even though unrealised losses on existing bond ...

Japan’s Financial Services Agency is weighing reforms that could let banks hold cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and operate licensed crypto exchanges. Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) is ...

Asia-Pacific markets mostly rose Friday as geopolitical concerns eased and investors assessed BOJ's latest policy decision. Japan's central bank held its key policy rate at 0.75% as the country ...

WASHINGTON, Oct 16 (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan must be careful when normalizing monetary policy due to uncertainty about how the economy would react to a new environment of positive interest rates, ...