BOJ official confirms the BOJ will maintain its loose monetary policy

Shinichi Uchida is Executive Director/Head of Monetary Policy at the Bank of Japan.

BOJ will maintain current powerful easing as supporting economy most
importantJapan's consumer
inflation likely to move around 2% from April but that is mainly due
to energy price risescost-push inflation
hurts households' real income, corporate profits and will weigh on
Japan's economyJapan's economy
picking up as a trend but still in the midst of recovering from
pandemic's impactthe BOJ will carefully watch the impact of FX moves on Japan's economy and prices