Bank of Japan

Sustainable Finance

Japan’s GFANZ Chapter to Support APAC Transition

By ESG Investor | 11/05/2023

The Japan Chapter will support local financial institutions as they work to decarbonise across all sectors of the economy and “seize transition-related opportunities”.

Trading & Investment

New BOJ Governor to Review Past Monetary Policy Moves

By Editors | 01/05/2023

The review will look into various monetary policy moves taken over the past 25 years, and not be tied to near-term policy shifts.

Emerging Prudential Risks

BOJ Gets First New Governor After Ten Years

By Editors | 12/04/2023

Kazuo Ueda plans to maintain ultra-loose monetary policy but signalled an openness to tweaking the BOJ’s yield control policy.

Cloud & Infrastructure

APAC Regulators Form New Forum to Address Cloud Risk

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 06/04/2023

MAS assistant managing director Vincent Loy said the twice-a-year forum will help APAC regulators and CSPs ensure greater resilience of cloud adoption in the financial sector.

CBDCs

Japan to Create Expert Panel on CBDCs Within April

By Editors | 02/04/2023

The launch of the panel will coincide with the start of a digital yen pilot programme involving the BOJ and private sector participants.

Liquidity Risk

Central Banks Coordinate Action to Ensure Global USD Liquidity

By Editors | 20/03/2023

From Monday until at least the end of April, the Fed and other central banks will make US dollars available on a daily basis, rather than weekly.

CBDCs

BOJ Confirms Plans to Launch CBDC Pilot Programme in April

By Editors | 19/02/2023

The BOJ will conduct simulated digital yen transactions with private firms starting in April to test the “end-to-end” process flow and identify connectivity challenges.

CBDCs

BOJ Examines Use of Privacy Enhancing Technologies for CBDC

By Mark Johnston | 29/01/2023

A CBDC could be supported by the use of privacy-enhancing technologies to anonymise data while still allowing for AML/CFT analysis, the BOJ says.

Market Risk

BOJ Seeks Greater Control Over Yield Curve With Rule Change

By Editors | 19/01/2023

Under the revised rules, the BOJ can provide FIs both fixed and variable-rate loans across a range of tenors up to 10 years.