Banks / Japan

Bank of Japan: meeting calendar

Policy rate: uncollateralized overnight call rate (short-term policy interest rate)

Past and upcoming decision days, local to the bank, with the page each date comes from. Announcement times are shown in UTC and in the bank's own time.

Calendar source: boj.or.jp/en/mopo/mpmsche_minu/index.htm

Date	Announced	Status	Decision	Basis	Calendar source
Fri, 24 Jan 2025	time not published	on the calendar	observedraise 0.50%	BOJ Past Monetary Policy Meetings page, 2025 table: Jan. 23 (Thurs.), 24 (Fri.); decision on the second day. The statement's "Release dates and times" line gives 12:23 (JST, UTC+9). The BOJ sets no announcement time in advance; the statement is released when the meeting ends, so announceAt is left out.	boj.or.jp/en/mopo/mpmsche_minu/past.htm
Wed, 19 Mar 2025	time not published	on the calendar	observedhold 0.50%	BOJ Past Monetary Policy Meetings page, 2025 table: Mar. 18 (Tues.), 19 (Wed.); decision on the second day. The statement's "Release dates and times" line gives 11:25 (JST, UTC+9). The BOJ sets no announcement time in advance; the statement is released when the meeting ends, so announceAt is left out.	boj.or.jp/en/mopo/mpmsche_minu/past.htm
Thu, 1 May 2025	time not published	on the calendar	observedhold 0.50%	BOJ Past Monetary Policy Meetings page, 2025 table: Apr. 30 (Wed.), May 1 (Thurs.); decision on the second day. The statement's "Release dates and times" line gives 12:02 (JST, UTC+9). The BOJ sets no announcement time in advance; the statement is released when the meeting ends, so announceAt is left out.	boj.or.jp/en/mopo/mpmsche_minu/past.htm
Tue, 17 Jun 2025	time not published	on the calendar	observedhold 0.50%	BOJ Past Monetary Policy Meetings page, 2025 table: June 16 (Mon.), 17 (Tues.); decision on the second day. The statement's "Release dates and times" line gives 12:31 (JST, UTC+9). The BOJ sets no announcement time in advance; the statement is released when the meeting ends, so announceAt is left out.	boj.or.jp/en/mopo/mpmsche_minu/past.htm
Thu, 31 Jul 2025	time not published	on the calendar	observedhold 0.50%	BOJ Past Monetary Policy Meetings page, 2025 table: July 30 (Wed.), 31 (Thurs.); decision on the second day. The statement's "Release dates and times" line gives 11:57 (JST, UTC+9). The BOJ sets no announcement time in advance; the statement is released when the meeting ends, so announceAt is left out.	boj.or.jp/en/mopo/mpmsche_minu/past.htm
Fri, 19 Sept 2025	time not published	on the calendar	observedhold 0.50%	BOJ Past Monetary Policy Meetings page, 2025 table: Sept. 18 (Thurs.), 19 (Fri.); decision on the second day. The statement's "Release dates and times" line gives 12:47 (JST, UTC+9). The BOJ sets no announcement time in advance; the statement is released when the meeting ends, so announceAt is left out.	boj.or.jp/en/mopo/mpmsche_minu/past.htm
Thu, 30 Oct 2025	time not published	on the calendar	observedhold 0.50%	BOJ Past Monetary Policy Meetings page, 2025 table: Oct. 29 (Wed.), 30 (Thurs.); decision on the second day. The statement's "Release dates and times" line gives 12:15 (JST, UTC+9). The BOJ sets no announcement time in advance; the statement is released when the meeting ends, so announceAt is left out.	boj.or.jp/en/mopo/mpmsche_minu/past.htm
Fri, 19 Dec 2025	time not published	on the calendar	observedraise 0.75%	BOJ Past Monetary Policy Meetings page, 2025 table: Dec. 18 (Thurs.), 19 (Fri.); decision on the second day. The statement's "Release dates and times" line gives 12:19 (JST, UTC+9). The BOJ sets no announcement time in advance; the statement is released when the meeting ends, so announceAt is left out.	boj.or.jp/en/mopo/mpmsche_minu/past.htm
Fri, 23 Jan 2026	time not published	on the calendar	observedhold 0.75%	BOJ MPM schedule page, 2026 table: Jan. 22 (Thurs.), 23 (Fri.); decision on the second day. The statement's "Release dates and times" line gives 12:07 (JST, UTC+9). The BOJ sets no announcement time in advance; the statement is released when the meeting ends, so announceAt is left out.	boj.or.jp/en/mopo/mpmsche_minu/index.htm
Thu, 19 Mar 2026	time not published	on the calendar	observedhold 0.75%	BOJ MPM schedule page, 2026 table: Mar. 18 (Wed.), 19 (Thurs.); decision on the second day. The statement's "Release dates and times" line gives 11:46 (JST, UTC+9). The BOJ sets no announcement time in advance; the statement is released when the meeting ends, so announceAt is left out.	boj.or.jp/en/mopo/mpmsche_minu/index.htm
Tue, 28 Apr 2026	time not published	on the calendar	observedhold 0.75%	BOJ MPM schedule page, 2026 table: Apr. 27 (Mon.), 28 (Tues.); decision on the second day. The statement's "Release dates and times" line gives 12:04 (JST, UTC+9). The BOJ sets no announcement time in advance; the statement is released when the meeting ends, so announceAt is left out.	boj.or.jp/en/mopo/mpmsche_minu/index.htm
Tue, 16 Jun 2026	time not published	on the calendar	observedraise 1.00%	BOJ MPM schedule page, 2026 table: June 15 (Mon.), 16 (Tues.); decision on the second day. The statement's "Release dates and times" line gives 12:19 (JST, UTC+9). The BOJ sets no announcement time in advance; the statement is released when the meeting ends, so announceAt is left out.	boj.or.jp/en/mopo/mpmsche_minu/index.htm
Fri, 31 Jul 2026	time not published	on the calendar	observedhold 1.00%	BOJ MPM schedule page, 2026 table: July 30-31; decision on the second day. The statement's "Release dates and times" line gives 12:11 (JST, UTC+9). The BOJ sets no announcement time in advance; the statement is released when the meeting ends, so announceAt is left out.	boj.or.jp/en/mopo/mpmsche_minu/index.htm
Fri, 18 Sept 2026	time not published	on the calendar	observedraise 1.25%	BOJ MPM schedule page, 2026 table: Sept. 17-18; decision on the second day. The statement's "Release dates and times" line gives 11:54 (JST, UTC+9). The BOJ sets no announcement time in advance; the statement is released when the meeting ends, so announceAt is left out.	boj.or.jp/en/mopo/mpmsche_minu/index.htm
Fri, 30 Oct 2026	time not published	on the calendar	upcoming	BOJ MPM schedule page, 2026 table: Oct. 29-30; decision on the second day. The BOJ sets no announcement time in advance; the statement is released when the meeting ends, so announceAt is left out.	boj.or.jp/en/mopo/mpmsche_minu/index.htm
Fri, 18 Dec 2026	time not published	on the calendar	upcoming	BOJ MPM schedule page, 2026 table: Dec. 17-18; decision on the second day. The BOJ sets no announcement time in advance; the statement is released when the meeting ends, so announceAt is left out.	boj.or.jp/en/mopo/mpmsche_minu/index.htm
Fri, 22 Jan 2027	time not published	on the calendar	upcoming	BOJ MPM schedule page, 2027 table: Jan. 21 (Thurs.), 22 (Fri.); decision on the second day. The BOJ sets no announcement time in advance; the statement is released when the meeting ends, so announceAt is left out.	boj.or.jp/en/mopo/mpmsche_minu/index.htm
Thu, 18 Mar 2027	time not published	on the calendar	upcoming	BOJ MPM schedule page, 2027 table: Mar. 17 (Wed.), 18 (Thurs.); decision on the second day. The BOJ sets no announcement time in advance; the statement is released when the meeting ends, so announceAt is left out.	boj.or.jp/en/mopo/mpmsche_minu/index.htm
Wed, 28 Apr 2027	time not published	on the calendar	upcoming	BOJ MPM schedule page, 2027 table: Apr. 27 (Tues.), 28 (Wed.); decision on the second day. The BOJ sets no announcement time in advance; the statement is released when the meeting ends, so announceAt is left out.	boj.or.jp/en/mopo/mpmsche_minu/index.htm
Fri, 11 Jun 2027	time not published	on the calendar	upcoming	BOJ MPM schedule page, 2027 table: June 10 (Thurs.), 11 (Fri.); decision on the second day. The BOJ sets no announcement time in advance; the statement is released when the meeting ends, so announceAt is left out.	boj.or.jp/en/mopo/mpmsche_minu/index.htm
Thu, 22 Jul 2027	time not published	on the calendar	upcoming	BOJ MPM schedule page, 2027 table: July 21 (Wed.), 22 (Thurs.); decision on the second day. The BOJ sets no announcement time in advance; the statement is released when the meeting ends, so announceAt is left out.	boj.or.jp/en/mopo/mpmsche_minu/index.htm
Wed, 22 Sept 2027	time not published	on the calendar	upcoming	BOJ MPM schedule page, 2027 table: Sept. 21 (Tues.), 22 (Wed.); decision on the second day. The BOJ sets no announcement time in advance; the statement is released when the meeting ends, so announceAt is left out.	boj.or.jp/en/mopo/mpmsche_minu/index.htm
Fri, 29 Oct 2027	time not published	on the calendar	upcoming	BOJ MPM schedule page, 2027 table: Oct. 28 (Thurs.), 29 (Fri.); decision on the second day. The BOJ sets no announcement time in advance; the statement is released when the meeting ends, so announceAt is left out.	boj.or.jp/en/mopo/mpmsche_minu/index.htm
Fri, 17 Dec 2027	time not published	on the calendar	upcoming	BOJ MPM schedule page, 2027 table: Dec. 16 (Thurs.), 17 (Fri.); decision on the second day. The BOJ sets no announcement time in advance; the statement is released when the meeting ends, so announceAt is left out.	boj.or.jp/en/mopo/mpmsche_minu/index.htm