By Leika Kihara TOKYO, March 4 (Reuters) - Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said the central bank will continue to raise ...

The Bank of Japan is testing blockchain technology for settlements that use tokenized central bank reserves. The Bank of ...

Japan’s central bank says a sandbox is underway to examine settlement using current account deposits, while warning of smart contract design risks.

By Leika Kihara TOKYO, March 2 (Reuters) - Japan faces risks of low growth and high inflation if a prolonged Middle East ...

Japan’s central bank is running blockchain settlement experiments and advancing tokenized central bank money initiatives ...

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said U.S. President Donald Trump's latest tariff measures are unlikely to deal a major blow to Japan's economy.

Deputy Governor Ryozo Himino indicated that the central bank is likely to continue raising interest rates as it gradually ...

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 ...

Sentiment among large Japanese manufacturers worsened for the first time in four quarters, but the survey also sent some positive signals amid speculation over the central bank’s next move. The ...

The Bank of Japan is a critical driver of global liquidity. BoJ’s expected 25 bps rate hike on Dec. 19 could have outsized effects on risk assets, including Bitcoin. Bitcoin has fallen 20%–30% after ...

Tadashi Maeda, Chairman of the Board at the Japan Bank for International Cooperation, discussed Japan’s economic and strategic outlook in a conversation with Dhruva Jaishankar, Executive Director of ...

Bank of Japan chief Haruhiko Kuroda rejected the view that commercial banks’ basic functions have been compromised by the central bank’s aggressive easing, a comment that may cool recent speculation ...