US President Donald Trump's aggressive tariff policy risks clouding the outlook for the Bank of Japan's monetary policy normalization and could drag on lenders' incomes.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...