Welcome to our TOPLive coverage of the Bank of Japan’s monetary policy decision. We’ll start shortly, with the central bank typically announcing its decision around midday in Tokyo. We’ll also follow ...

The yen was front and centre for currency markets on Friday ahead of a Bank of Japan (BOJ) policy decision where it is all ...

The key inflation gauge hit 3% for the first time in 16 months, underscoring Japan's sustained price momentum just hours before the central bank is expected to hike rates for a third time under Gov.

Japan's annual rate of consumer price inflation accelerated to 3.0% in December from 2.7% the month before, government data showed Friday.

In addition to a rate decision, the BOJ is also scheduled to release fresh inflation projections later in the day. In its previous outlook report, the bank's policy board said it expected inflation to ...