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TOKYO - 9 March 2018: Japan’s central bank kept monetary settings unchanged on Friday and stuck to its upbeat view on the economy, underscoring its conviction that its massive stimulus program is helping drive inflation toward its elusive target. ( read original story ...)

As expected, the Bank of Japan's policy board voted to keep the benchmark interest rate at -0.1% and the yield on 10-year Japanese government bonds near 0%. The decisions by the central bank were made with inflation in Japan still comfortably below the BOJ ... ( read original story ...)

Since the whole group covers 61 banks total that account for just over 80 percent of all of Japan’s banking assets at last report, it’s going to be fairly widespread. As for the Ripple connection, word from SBI Ripple Asia’s CEO Takashi Okita ... ( read original story ...)

Thailand and Japan have signed an agreement on use of their local currencies for bilateral business. Bank of Thailand assistant governor Chantavarn Sucharitakul said on Friday the BoT and the Finance Ministry of Japan signed a memorandum of cooperation to ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo: Japan’s central bank on Friday said it was keeping its ultra-loose monetary policy in place, in keeping with expectations, as the world’s third-largest economy struggles to rekindle growth. The Bank of Japan’s massive monetary easing programme ... ( read original story ...)

It's a tough mindset for many Japanese consumers to shake off, in Okubo's view. Buying up the bond market The Bank of Japan has resorted to a number of drastic measures to try and deal with the problem. The moves were led by the central bank's governor ... ( read original story ...)

This would hurt the Bank of Japan, which has been making some progress toward 2 percent inflation. "I think it’s likely we are going to see some deceleration in the pace of economic expansion," said Takashi Shiono, an economist at Credit Suisse (SIX ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Friday he had no intention now of stepping down to take responsibility for the resignation of the National Tax Agency chief, who came under fire for remarks about a suspected cronyism scandal. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso will hold a news conference at 7:40 pm (1040 GMT) on Friday, the ministry said in a statement. The subject of the press conference was not immediately known. Earlier on Friday a ruling party source said ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's finance ministry has confirmed the death of an official linked to a scandal potentially involving Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's wife. Ministry officials acknowledged the employee's death at a parliamentary hearing Friday, but refused ... ( read original story ...)