(Reuters) – The Bank of Japan eased monetary policy on Monday by pledging to buy risky assets such as exchange-traded funds (ETF) at double the current pace, joining global central banks in combating the widening economic fallout from the coronavirus epidemic.... More »
TOKYO (Reuters) – Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Monday the global economic outlook is highly uncertain, and there are downside risks due to trade friction, China’s slowing economy and Britain’s negotiations to leave the European Union. “There ... More »
TOKYO (Reuters) – Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda on Tuesday signaled the possibility of allowing long-term interest rates to rise above zero before his 2 percent inflation target is met. “It’s not as if we will defend the 10-year yield target of around... More »
Central Bank Governor Haruhiko Kuroda of the Bank of Japan attends ECB’s Central Bank Communications Conference in Frankfurt, Germany, November 14, 2017. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach TOKYO (Reuters) – Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda on Monday urged financial... More »
FILE PHOTO: Governor of the Bank of Japan Haruhiko Kuroda (C) arrives for the session ‘The Global Economic Outlook’ in the Swiss mountain resort of Davos January 24, 2015. REUTERS/Ruben Sprich/File Photo Bank of Japan governor Haruhiko Kuroda has emphatically ... More »
Illustrative picture shows Japanese 10,000 yen bank notes spread out at an office of World Currency Shop in Tokyo in this August 9, 2010 illustrative picture. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao/File Photo Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Monday the central ban... More »
A man (R) cleans electronic boards showing Japan’s Nikkei average, the exchange rate between the Japanese yen against the U.S. dollar and stock quotation outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, in this April 6, 2016 file photo. REUTERS/Issei Kato/Files Asian shar... More »
TOKYO Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Monday he saw no need to implement negative deposit rates in Japan as borrowing costs were already very low due to the central bank’s aggressive asset purchases. The European Central Bank has adopted negativ... More »
TOKYO Major U.S. proxy advisory firms are split over a proposal linked to activist investor Yoshiaki Murakami to shake up the board of Japanese mid-sized electronics parts maker and trader Kuroda Electric, leading to uncertainty over the move’s outcome. C&I Ho... More »
