Leika Kihara

TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan on Monday reappointed Masayoshi Amamiya, a mastermind of quantitative easing, to oversee a key division charged with drafting monetary policy, a sign it...

YOKOHAMA, Japan (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan will consider easing monetary policy again if needed and it would most likely be through further asset purchases, a central bank policymaker...

TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan, gearing up for a new leadership expected to pump cash into the economy more forcefully, has conducted a rare, nationwide campaign to promote...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's prime minister is likely to nominate an advocate of aggressive monetary policy easing - Asian Development Bank President Haruhiko Kuroda - as the next central bank...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Former top bureaucrat Toshiro Muto is losing some momentum in the race to become Japan's next central bank governor, making for a more open contest, which will...

KOCHI, Japan (Reuters) - Bank of Japan policymaker Yoshihisa Morimoto on Wednesday reassured markets of the central bank's resolve to push on with monetary easing as a weaker yen and...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Bank of Japan policymakers discussed buying longer-dated government bonds as a policy option, minutes of the bank's January rate review showed, suggesting that such a move could...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Monday the central bank's monetary policy is not directly aimed at weakening the yen, but is among key factors driving...