Japan Post Holdings Co. plans to sell a stake in Japan Post Bank Co. that could raise ¥630 billion ($4.2 billion), the latest disposal in the former state-run giant’s decade-long privatization efforts ...

The central bank's hawkish board member Naoki Tamura said this month that the BOJ must raise interest rates to at least 1% by the second half of the fiscal year beginning April. About 44% of survey ...

The central bank’s hawkish board member Naoki Tamura said this month that the BOJ must raise interest rates to at least 1% by the second half of the fiscal year beginning April. About 44% of ...

The central bank's hawkish board member Naoki Tamura said this month that the BOJ must raise interest rates to at least 1% by the second half of the fiscal year beginning April. About 44% of ...

But he has remained mum on how far the BOJ could go. Hawkish policymaker Naoki Tamura is the only one in the nine-member BOJ board who has specifically mentioned that the bank should raise rates ...

BOJ Deputy Governor Ryozo Himino and board member Naoki Tamura have also expressed views that real interest rates should not remain negative for an extended period, with Tamura suggesting rates should ...