FILE - Commuters walk in a passageway during a rush hour at Shinagawa Station Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024, in Tokyo. Japan’s central bank raised its benchmark interest rate Tuesday, March 19, 2024, for the first time in 17 years, ending a longstanding policy of negative rates meant to boost the economy. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)
Kazuo Ueda, the governor of the Bank of Japan speaks during a press conference at the bank headquarters in Tokyo, Japan Tuesday, March 19, 2024. Japan’s central bank raised its benchmark interest rate Tuesday for the first time in 17 years, ending a longstanding policy of negative rates meant to boost the economy. (Kyodo News via AP)
The headquarters of Bank of Japan (BOJ) is seen in Tokyo Tuesday, March 19, 2024. Japan’s central bank raised its benchmark interest rate Tuesday for the first time in 17 years, ending a longstanding policy of negative rates meant to boost the economy. (Kyodo News via AP)
Kazuo Ueda, the governor of the Bank of Japan arrives at the bank headquarters in Tokyo, Japan Tuesday, March 19, 2024. Japan’s central bank raised its benchmark interest rate Tuesday for the first time in 17 years, ending a longstanding policy of negative rates meant to boost the economy. (Japan Pool/Kyodo News via AP)
FILE - Governor of the Bank of Japan Kazuo Ueda speaks during the presidency press conference at the G7 meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors, at Toki Messe in Niigata, Japan, Saturday, May 13, 2023. Japan’s central bank raised its benchmark interest rate Tuesday, March 19, 2024, for the first time in 17 years, ending a longstanding policy of negative rates meant to boost the economy. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama, Pool, File)