In a speech to business leaders in Nagano prefecture in central Japan, Naoki Tamura said that the central bank should raise rates to 1% or higher in the fiscal half starting in October.

OKAYAMA--The Bank of Japan must raise interest rates to at least 1% as soon as the second half of next fiscal year, hawkish policymaker Naoki Tamura said on Thursday, reinforcing the bank's ...

TOKYO/MATSUMOTO (Reuters) -The Bank of Japan must raise interest rates to at least 1% by the second half of the fiscal year beginning in April, hawkish board member Naoki Tamura said on Thursday ...

The remark by the policymaker Naoki Tamura came after the BOJ lifted its key short-term rate from 0.25 percent to a 17-year high of 0.5 percent late last month. With upside risks to prices ...

0247 GMT — JGBs fall in price terms in the Tokyo session. Bank of Japan policy board member Naoki Tamura’s comments last week and possible wage increases have bolstered confidence that the BOJ ...

Bank of Japan board member Naoki Tamura recently said that the Japanese central bank (BoJ) must hike the policy rate to at least 1% in the latter part of fiscal year ending in Mar 2026.