JPY and Nikkei traders heads up – BOJ policy board member Nakagawa is speaking soon

BOJ policy board member Junko Nakagawa speaks at 2240 US Eastern time / 0320 GMT

Junko Nakagawa voted with the majority at the October 30/31 Bank of Japan meeting to hold short term raters steady at 0.5%

• The two dissenters, Hajime Takata and Naoki Tamura, proposed raising the rate to 0.75%

Ahead of Nakagawa:

• Economic calendar in Asia Monday, November 10, 2025 – Bank of Japan Summary due

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Nakagawa was formerly chairperson of Japan’s Nomura Asset Management., is also considered a neutral.

This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at investinglive.com.