monetary easing measures

Bigger profits on the back of a weaker yen, higher...
An electronic signboard in Tokyo's Minato Ward shows the yen exchange rate on May 10. (Yasuhiro Sugimoto)
Led by automakers, a large number of listed companies recorded increased profits for fiscal 2012, due in large part to a weaker yen and higher stock prices.
ANALYSIS: Ending deflation no easy task for new BOJ ...
Haruhiko Kuroda talks to reporters after becoming confirmed as Bank of Japan governor on March 21. (Teruo Kashiyama)
Newly installed Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda faces many hurdles as he sets out to achieve a target of 2-percent inflation two years from now.
ANALYSIS: Kuroda in gamble with vow to 'do...
Haruhiko Kuroda (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Haruhiko Kuroda, the newly approved governor of the Bank of Japan, is taking a major gamble by promising to do everything possible to lift the Japanese economy out of a...
Abe choosing like-minded Kuroda, Iwata for BOJ posts
Haruhiko Kuroda (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will name Haruhiko Kuroda as his candidate for Bank of Japan governor, a move that promotes aggressive monetary easing and breaks a long tradition on...
Record high foreign ownership of government debt...
The Asahi Shimbun
The Bank of Japan and foreign investors are holding all-time high volumes of Japanese government bonds, but the latters' strategy is more volatile and they could dump debt en...
BOJ dismisses Abe's monetary policy proposals as...
BOJ Governor Masaaki Shirakawa (Asahi Shimbun file photos)
The Bank of Japan on Nov. 20 dismissed monetary policy proposals made by opposition leader Shinzo Abe as "unrealistic" and "bad for the economy."
EDITORIAL: Political parties must not let deadlock...
For the second straight month, the Bank of Japan decided on Oct. 30 to take additional monetary easing measures to prevent a sharp downturn in the Japanese economy.
BOJ stands out against monetary easing tide
Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa meets reporters on July 12. (Mari Endo)
The Bank of Japan backed only “technical improvements” to Japan’s monetary easing measures at its Policy Board meeting on July 12, refusing to join the global trend...
BOJ expands fund by 5 trillion yen for monetary...
Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
The Bank of Japan's Policy Board on April 27 decided on measures to stimulate the nation's lagging economy that will inject 5 trillion yen ($61.6 billion) into the funds...
BOJ to buy bonds with longer maturities
Bank of Japan (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
The Bank of Japan will consider purchasing bonds with longer maturity dates as part of monetary easing measures to be decided on at the next meeting of its Policy Board...
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