The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.----------BOJ sharply ups FY 2026 inflation outlook on oil prices, signals rate hikeTOKYO - The Bank of Japan on Tuesday kept its key interest rate unchanged at around 0.75 percent as it assesses the impact of the Middle East conflict, but sharply raised its inflation outlook for the current fiscal year, reinforcing expectations of a rate hike in the near future.After the bank decided to stand pad for the third straight meeting, as widely expected, BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda highlighted the risks of inflation due to surg…READ FULL ARTICLE