The Bank of Japan said on Friday it would begin a tapering of its corporate debt purchases and scale back some of its emergency funding.

Rising cost pressures, coupled with a weak yen, adds to pain for the world's third-largest economy as it emerges from the pandemic

New figures suggest big companies are paying back loans they received last year and are not borrowing as much

Bank of Japan under pressure to shift from its cautious approach towards issuing a CBDC, as minister talks of 'security risk' of other countries issuing digital currencies

A consortium of about 70 Japanese firms, including the country's three mega-banks, aims to launch a yen-based digital currency in fiscal 2022 after trials in coming months

Kuroda reaffirms commitment to cooperation in a meeting with Finance minister Shunichi Suzuki and Economy minister Daishiro Yamagiwa

Central bank says it has no plans to hand-pick "green" bonds in its asset-buying programme; Governor called for a ‘learning by doing’ approach to climate change 

G7 and G20 economies have called for greater regulation of ‘stablecoins'; Bank of Japan experimenting with idea of a digital yen

Bank of Japan expects the economy to expand 3.8% this fiscal year. It will offer cheap loans to banks funding...

Resurgence of infections seen as biggest risk to Japan's economy this year but analysts predict strong rebound in Q4 off back of pent-up demand

The move, backed by a forum of Asia’s central banks, is said to be part of a region-wide effort to develop local currency-denominated bond markets

Japan’s central bank is tipped to slash its forecast for economic growth this year because the latest state of emergency...