{
  "id": 8166315,
  "title": "BOJ Decides to Raise Policy Rate to 1.25 Pct",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/boj-decides-to-raise-policy-rate-to-1-25-pct",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-18T03:27:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nippon.com News",
    "slug": "nippon-com-news",
    "url": "https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2026091800484/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Tokyo, September 18 (Jiji Press)--The Bank of Japan has opted to raise its policy interest rate by 0.25 percentage points to approximately 1.25 percent, marking the highest level in about 31 years. This increase occurred during a two-day Policy Board meeting that concluded on Friday. The last time the policy rate reached 1.25 percent was in April 1995. Seven members of the board voted in favor of the rate hike, while two members opposed it. This interval between rate increases is the shortest since the Governor Kazuo Ueda took office in 2023. The two dissenting voices were Toichiro Asada and Ayano Sato. Asada advocated for maintaining the policy rate around 1 percent, while Sato argued that raising the rate was not the appropriate course of action at the moment. The new target for the policy rate will commence on the following Thursday. The week of Monday to Wednesday will be observed as national holidays in Japan.",
  "summary": "Tokyo, Sept. 18 (Jiji Press)--The Bank of Japan decided to raise its policy interest rate by 0.25 percentage point to around 1.25 pct, the highest level in about 31 years, at a two-day meeting of its Policy Board that ended Friday. The last time the policy rate stood at 1.25 pct was back in April 1995. The board voted seven to two to implement its first interest rate hike in three months...",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}