The BoJ put its main policy issues on hold , as it has done every month since April . The Bank of Japan has lifted its assessment of Japan 's economy , and underlined progress towards its price target by saying that inflation expectations `` appear to be rising . '' Japanese Prime Minister Daniel Abe promised to make Japan a more competitive place to invest and to do business . This month the BoJ reported that Japan 's monetary base expanded 10 per cent from a year earlier in August .
The BoJ put its main policy issues on hold , as it has done every month since April . Japanese Prime Minister Daniel Abe promised to make Japan a more competitive place to invest and to do business . This month the BoJ reported that Japan 's monetary base expanded 10 per cent from a year earlier in August .