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 ...

Hawkish comments from the Bank of Japan and sticky inflation are lifting bond yields to multi-year highs and pushing forward rate hike expectations, shaking long-held views that rates would not rise ...

Board member Naoki Tamura also said earlier this month the BOJ must raise rates to at least 1% by early 2026. The hawkish BOJ signals have led markets to price in a roughly 80% chance of a rate ...