Bank of Japan News

Oki Matsumoto, the head of Japanese financial services giant Monex, has welcomed the Bank of Japan’s recent interest in central bank digital currency.

Could a new, coordinated effort to digitalize the Japanese economy be strong enough to compete with residents’ persistent use of cash?

A former Bank of Japan official is concerned about a digital yen triggering massive outflows from private bank deposits.

Canada's central bank recognizes that CBDCs are a necessarily international issue.

Japan's policymakers appear disconcerted by the advancement in China's CBDC initiative.

Japan is getting more serious about the digital yen.

In a recent document from the Bank of Japan, the central bank stressed the need for offline availability.

China might gain control over global CBDC standards, a Japanese official warns.

The report is a major step towards pushing central bank digital currencies forward.

The Bank of Japan insists it has no immediate plans to issue a digital yen, but research into the potential of CBDCs continues apace.

COVID-19 relief money does not seem to have been spent by many Japanese on cryptocurrencies.

Bank of Japan has announced the launch of a new CBDC research team, which will continue the work of its previous CBDC research team.

Japan may need to rely on the United States to have some influence over the development of digital currencies.

The Japanese government is getting serious about a CBDC.

The Bank of Japan announced on Thursday that it would experiment with a CBDC to check its feasibility from a technical perspective.