Bank of Japan (BoJ)
BoJ may need to buy shares: ex-deputy Muto
Toshiro Muto, a former deputy governor of the Bank of Japan who was in the running to succeed Toshihiko Fukui as head of the central bank, has admitted that the central bank may need to bolster the country's leading stock index.
Japan to use currency reserves to aid economy
Japan's government unveiled plans on Tuesday to use some of the country's foreign currency reserves to help its firms.
Avoid Tokyo's mistakes to combat deflation: Ito
Takatoshi Ito, a prominent economist, has urged global monetary authorities to learn from Japan's errors in order to successfully stave off a nasty bout of deflation.
Framework for defaults required - BoJ's Shirakawa
The framework to deal with troubled financial institutions needs to be better developed, said Masaaki Shirakawa, the governor of the Bank of Japan.
Transparency: too much of a good thing?
Too much monetary policy transparency can be bad, finds a new paper from the Bank of Japan.
What 1 trillion can buy you
1 trillion-worth ($10.6 billion) of central bank interventions moves the yen/dollar rate by 1.7%, finds a new paper from the Bank of Japan.
Lessons from Japan
Thomas Cargill analyses what the American authorities can learn from Japan’s lost “decade and a half”
Bank of Japan to buy up corporate paper
The Bank of Japan announced plans to spend up to one trillion yen ($10.6 billion) in outright purchases of corporate paper in a bit limit the damage from "severe" financial and economic conditions.
Japan's finance minister resigns, forgets BoJ rate
Shoichi Nakagawa, Japan's finance minister, has stepped down after opposition lawmakers accused him of being drunk at a press conference at which he wrongly stated that the Bank of Japan had set a benchmark target range of between 0% and 0.2%.
Kamezaki on the causes of the crisis
Hidetoshi Kamezaki, a member of the Bank of Japan's board, said economies and financial markets are constantly changing due to the expansion of the market economy and globalisation.
Japan's Nishimura: increase competitiveness
Japanese manufacturing needs to enhance its competitiveness, said Kiyohiko Nishimura, a deputy governor of the Bank of Japan.
Eurozone, Japanese inflation sink
Eurozone annual inflation fell to its lowest level since 1999 in January as data revealed price growth in Japan came to a near standstill in 2008.
BoJ's Shirakawa: we'll monitor macro risks more
The Bank of Japan will continue to strengthen and exercise its role in managing macroprudential risks, said Masaaki Shirakawa, the governor of the central bank.
BoJ sees falling prices, will buy corporate bonds
Prices will fall in the world's second-largest economy in 2009 and 2010, senior officials at the Bank of Japan predict. The central bank also announced it would buy corporate bonds and begin purchases of commercial paper later this month.
New BoJ discussion paper series
The Bank of Japan published a new issue of its online discussion paper series.
Shirakawa warns on yen strength
The governor of the Bank of Japan, Masaaki Shirakawa, highlighted the damage the yen's strength was having on the economy and served notice that the central bank stood ready to act.
BoJ considers "extraordinary steps" - Kamezaki
The Bank of Japan is considering "extraordinary steps" to counter financial-market turmoil and a deepening recession, Hidetoshi Kamezaki, a member of the central bank's policy board said last week.
Japanese economy to stay weak - report
The Bank of Japan's latest monthly report on financial and economic conditions paints a gloomy picture of the outlook for the world second largest economy.
Japan steps harder on fiscal pedal
The Japanese cabinet has approved an additional $54 billion fiscal spending package to try to ease the deepening recession in the world's second largest economy.
San Fran's Yellen on lessons from Japan
"Clear and strong commitments about the future stance of policy" are important when policy rates approach zero and there is fear of deflation, noted Janet Yellen in an Economic Letter reflecting on lessons from Japan's lost decade.
Japan acts to ease lending strains, cuts to 0.1%
The Bank of Japan has shaved two-tenths of a percentage points off its key rate and introduced a raft of measures aimed at easing financing tensions in the run-up to the year-end, including outright purchases of commercial paper.
China, Korea sign new swap line
Monetary authorities in China and South Korea have signed a new foreign-currency swap deal, the Chinese central bank announced on Friday.
Japan's Shirakawa on cross-border collateral
A new framework for central banks' operations where domestic currency is supplied against foreign-currency-denominated collateral should be considered in the near future, said Masaaki Shirakawa, the governor of the Bank of Japan.
Interview: Masaaki Shirakawa
The governor of the Bank of Japan speaks to Robert Pringle about the lessons from Toyko’s fight against deflation to policymakers around the world today