The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.----------BOJ hikes rates to 0.25% in push toward normalization amid weak yenTOKYO - The Bank of Japan on Wednesday raised its policy interest rate to around 0.25 percent and decided to slow the pace of its government bond buying to 3 trillion yen ($20 billion), in a further shift toward policy normalization as the nation battles a weakening yen.In its first increase since the symbolic end of its negative rate policy in March, the BOJ judged it appropriate to lift short-term interest rates to their highest level since…READ FULL ARTICLE
