Bank of Japan raises interest rates to 0.75%

BY Reuters | ECONOMIC | 12/18/25 10:27 PM EST

TOKYO, Dec 19 (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan raised interest rates ?on Friday to ?levels unseen in ?three decades, taking another ?landmark ?step in ending ?decades of ?huge monetary support and near-zero borrowing ?costs.

As ?widely ?expected, the central bank raised short-term interest ?rates to 0.75% from 0.5% by a unanimous vote.

BOJ ?Governor ?Kazuo Ueda will hold a ?news conference to explain the decision at 3:30 p.m. (0630 GMT). (Reporting by Leika ?Kihara, Makiko Yamazaki, Satoshi Sugiyama and Kantaro Komiya Editing ?by Chang-Ran Kim)

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