Central banks / BoJ
Bank of Japan: 1.25%
The Bank of Japan's short-term policy rate, set at its scheduled policy meetings and announced at around midday Tokyo time (no fixed hour). Dates below are decision days.
Short-term policy rate
1.25%
Decided 18 Sep 2026.
Last move
Raised 25 bp
18 Sep 2026, from 1.00% to 1.25%.
Next decision
30 Oct 2026
2 days away.
Source: Bank of Japan (boj.or.jp monetary policy releases), as at 22 Oct 2026.
Upcoming decisions
- 2 days
- 51 days
- 86 days
- 141 days
AUD/JPY on the last 8 decision days
| Decision day | Decision | Rate | Open | Close | Range (pips) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raised 25 bp | 1.25% | 111.09 | 111.82 | 153 | |
| Unchanged | 1.00% | 112.53 | 111.08 | 182 | |
| Raised 25 bp | 1.00% | 113.31 | 113.31 | 65 | |
| Unchanged | 0.75% | 114.58 | 114.69 | 62 | |
| Unchanged | 0.75% | 112.32 | 111.80 | 143 | |
| Unchanged | 0.75% | 108.39 | 107.27 | 119 | |
| Raised 25 bp | 0.75% | 102.89 | 104.21 | 138 | |
| Unchanged | 0.50% | 100.44 | 100.95 | 86 |
AUD/JPY computed from Yahoo daily OHLC (306 daily bars). Each row is the daily bar dated the decision day, so it includes the hours before and after the announcement. Close is the next day's open (FX trades round the clock); range is the day's high minus low. Fetched 28 Oct, 03:42 pm AEDT.
Live rates are on the AUD/JPY page and the Terminal. Other central banks: all seven.