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Tomoko Yoshino

Tomoko Yoshino

President, Rengo (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)

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BOJ pushes rates to 0.75%: Japan’s “free money” era starts getting expensive

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Pushing for wage hikes that would lock in BOJ’s wage-price narrative

Japan’s shift away from ultra-easy money is now colliding with the currency market. After the Bank of Japan’s December 19, 2025 hike to around 0.75%, Governor Kazuo Ueda stressed in post-meeting remarks that real rates remain “very low”/negative and that the BOJ will decide the pace of further tightening meeting by meeting—while standing ready to respond with flexible operations if long-term yields make “exceptional” moves.

Updated Dec 20, 2025