The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.----------BOJ ends negative rate, shifts from unprecedented monetary easingTOKYO - The Bank of Japan on Tuesday scrapped its negative interest rate policy in its first rate hike in 17 years, overhauling the central bank's unprecedented monetary easing framework of the past decade that aimed to end deflation.The BOJ decided at a two-day meeting to guide short-term interest rates within a range of zero and 0.1 percent, judging that its goal of attaining stable 2 percent inflation is "in sight."---------…READ FULL ARTICLE
