Analysts say the shift points to fresh confidence in Japan – despite being rattled by its biggest one-day stocks rout since 1987

Japanese authorities have not been able to make a sustained difference to the yen and are unlikely to keep the currency from hovering near crucial lows

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is attempting to shed Japan's long-held image of being unwelcoming to foreign money

Former foreign exchange division boss says Tokyo’s prime motivation is to prevent speculators sparking a currency meltdown

Japan’s central bank signalled it could begin phasing out its huge stimulus programme but refused to reveal a timetable

Another year of consistent wage growth would force the Bank of Japan to consider ending its controversial monetary stimulus

A former central bank official has warned the Bank of Japan might phase out stimulus by next month if pressure continues to mount on its currency and prices

Even the Bank of Japan, which has stuck to its ultra-loose policy despite price pressures this year, is now expected to abandon negative interest rates

A Bank of Japan member has called for an early tweak to the key yield curve control setting as the country’s currency continues to come under pressure

Japanese households are being hit hard by rising import costs though the yen's depreciation has boosted exporters' profits and seen stocks soar

Allowing rates to move into positive territory would probably be "the last thing" the Bank of Japan will do, said Nomura’s Asset Management CIO

Japan’s central bank will remain an outlier, its governor pledged, and will continue with its dovish approach despite price pressures