Toru Fujioka

The Bank of Japan is set to discuss its rate hike path at this week’s policy meeting, with officials holding the view that there is limited urgency to act even though the next increase in borrowing costs is coming closer.

The Bank of Japan kept its monetary policy settings steady, signaling it sees little urgency to raise interest rates for now given ongoing uncertainties and little chance that inflation will overshoot.

(Bloomberg) -- The Bank of Japan kept its monetary policy settings steady, signaling it sees little urgency to raise interest rates for now given ongoing uncertainties and little chance that inflation will overshoot.

(Bloomberg) -- The Bank of Japan kept its monetary policy settings steady as it bides its time for now, while a dissenter's proposed rate hike suggests momentum for another increase is building.

(Bloomberg) -- The Bank of Japan kept its monetary policy settings unchanged as it waits a little longer before its next move, with a dissenter’s proposed rate increase suggesting momentum for another hike is building.Most Read from BloombergNYPD Car Chases Are Becoming More Frequent — and More DangerousGovernor Kazuo Ueda’s policy board left its benchmark rate at around 0.25%, according to a statement Thursday, an outcome expected by more than half of economists surveyed by Bloomberg. The yen w

(Bloomberg) -- Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda opened up the possibility of waiting longer for his next interest rate hike in comments that lowered expectations of a January move and hammered the yen.

(Bloomberg) -- Japan's key inflation gauge strengthened on the waning impact of government energy subsidies as the central bank continues to parse data before deciding on the timing of its next interest rate hike.

(Bloomberg) -- Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda's newfound caution and the renewed yen weakness it has sparked risks damaging the logic of his campaign to keep normalizing policy in line with developments in the economy.

(Bloomberg) -- Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda's newfound caution and the renewed yen weakness it has sparked risks damaging the logic of his campaign to keep normalizing policy in line with developments in the economy.

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda’s newfound caution and the renewed yen weakness it has sparked risks damaging the logic of his campaign to keep normalizing policy in line with developments in the economy.