Source: https://whitepips.com/economic-calendar/boj-rate-decision Summary: BoJ rate decision release time: eight a year, at the end of a two-day meeting, usually around midday Tokyo time. The symbols it moves and the WhitePips rules. Last updated: 2026-10-28 # BoJ rate decision: release time and what it moves Bank of Japan. The second day of the meeting, with no fixed time. What it is, what traders watch and how the WhitePips rules treat trading around it. - **Eight Monetary Policy Meetings a year** how often - **Midday** Tokyo time, usually - **Red** usual calendar rating ### BoJ on this week's calendar Loading this week's calendar… Times in your own time zone and in New York; releases already out are dimmed. Red is high impact, Amber medium; the ratings are the calendar feed's. ## What BoJ is ### BoJ rate decision The Bank of Japan's Policy Board sets Japan's short-term policy rate and decides how many government bonds the Bank holds. After years of negative rates and yield-curve control, every move it makes, and every hint, is closely watched. The statement has no fixed release time: it comes when the meeting ends, usually around midday Tokyo time. Four times a year it comes with the Outlook Report, the Bank's forecasts for growth and prices. ### When it comes out - **Published by**: Bank of Japan, Policy Board - **How often**: Eight Monetary Policy Meetings a year, over two days - **Usual day**: The second day of the meeting - **Usual time**: No fixed time: the statement usually comes between late morning and early afternoon Tokyo time, roughly 02:30 to 04:00 UTC, which is the night before in New York; the Governor's press conference follows at 3:30 PM Tokyo time - **On the calendar as**: BOJ Policy Rate , Monetary Policy Statement , BOJ Press Conference , BOJ Outlook Report - **Usual rating**: Red ### What traders watch ### The policy rate Any change, and any dissent in the vote. ### Bond purchases How fast the Bank is shrinking its bond holdings. ### The press conference The Governor's words on the next move and on the yen. ## Symbols BoJ moves The WhitePips symbols that usually react most to BoJ. Each page has the pip or point value, a lot-size example and the commission on every plan. [**USDJPY** (US dollar / Japanese yen)](https://whitepips.com/symbols/usdjpy) [**EURJPY** (Euro / Japanese yen)](https://whitepips.com/symbols/eurjpy) [**GBPJPY** (British pound / Japanese yen)](https://whitepips.com/symbols/gbpjpy) [**AUDJPY** (Australian dollar / Japanese yen)](https://whitepips.com/symbols/audjpy) **JPN225** (Japan 225) Futures on Volumetrica: [**6J** Japanese yen](https://whitepips.com/symbols#futures) ## Trading BoJ at WhitePips ### CFD plans Every plan, every stage **News trading is permitted on every CFD plan.** You may open, hold and close positions before, during and after economic releases on every CFD plan, in the evaluation and once funded. There is no restricted window around a release on a CFD account, and no profit is removed because a trade was placed around news. **News straddling is not permitted.** On every CFD plan, you may not open straddled, offsetting or hedged exposure on the same or correlated instruments within 15 minutes before or after a scheduled Red or Amber (high or medium impact) economic event, a company earnings release, or a major geopolitical announcement, where the purpose is to capture the volatility of the event rather than to take a view on its outcome. Placing a buy and a sell (or a buy stop and a sell stop) on the same instrument, or opposite positions on correlated instruments such as EURUSD and USDCHF, so that whichever way the price jumps one side profits, is straddling. A single position, or positions in one direction, taken on your own view of the release is not. Trading Rules, sections 11.1 and 11.2. Each straddle is detected and referred to the risk desk, never penalised automatically. ### Futures plans One Step funded, Instant **Futures plans.** On the futures plans news trading is permitted during the One Step evaluation. On a funded futures account (One Step funded and Instant) no trade may be opened or closed from two minutes before to two minutes after a high-impact release; a position opened before the window may be held through it. Profit from such a trade is removed and the loss stays. The first and second violations are warnings, and the third is referred for compliance review. A news trading violation never ends an account automatically. The releases are those marked as high impact in the economic calendar shown in the dashboard or notified to you. Trading Rules, section 11.4. **CFD plans: no straddling** (−15 min to +15 min) **Funded futures: no trade opened or closed** (−2 min to +2 min) BoJ −20 min −15 −2 +2 +15 +20 min A single position taken on your own view, before or after the release, is fine on every CFD plan. On a funded futures account a position opened before the two-minute window may be held through it. [Section 11 of the Trading Rules](https://whitepips.com/legal/trading-rules#news-trading) [News trading, explained](https://whitepips.com/rules#rule-cfd-news-trading) ## BoJ: questions **What time is BoJ released?** No fixed time: the statement usually comes between late morning and early afternoon Tokyo time, roughly 02:30 to 04:00 UTC, which is the night before in New York; the Governor's press conference follows at 3:30 PM Tokyo time. The second day of the meeting. **How often is BoJ released?** Eight Monetary Policy Meetings a year, over two days. The second day of the meeting. The exact dates are set by the Bank of Japan; the dashboard's economic calendar shows the coming week. **Can I trade BoJ on a WhitePips account?** On every CFD plan, yes: news trading is allowed in the evaluation and once funded. What is not allowed is straddling, opening both directions (or offsetting positions on correlated instruments) within 15 minutes either side of a Red or Amber release to catch the spike; the risk desk reviews it. On a funded futures account, no trade may be opened or closed from two minutes before to two minutes after a high-impact release. **Which markets move most on BoJ?** On the WhitePips platforms: USDJPY, EURJPY, GBPJPY, AUDJPY, JPN225, and on futures 6J. **Why does the BoJ decision come out at night for US traders?** Japan is 13 to 14 hours ahead of New York, so a decision at midday Tokyo time is late evening or the middle of the night in New York, and the yen can move sharply in thin trading. ## More releases [Central bank · USD **FOMC rate decision** Eight a year, on a Wednesday, 2:00 PM New York. Explained](https://whitepips.com/economic-calendar/fomc-rate-decision) [Central bank · EUR **ECB rate decision** Eight a year, on a Thursday, 8:15 AM New York. Explained](https://whitepips.com/economic-calendar/ecb-rate-decision) [Central bank · GBP **BoE rate decision** Eight a year, on a Thursday, 7:00 AM New York. Explained](https://whitepips.com/economic-calendar/boe-rate-decision) [Central bank · AUD **RBA rate decision** Eight a year, on a Tuesday, 2:30 PM Sydney time. Explained](https://whitepips.com/economic-calendar/rba-rate-decision) [The whole economic calendar](https://whitepips.com/economic-calendar) ## Put the numbers to work Every plan, size and price, with the rules printed before you buy. News trading is allowed on every CFD plan. [See the plans](https://whitepips.com/#plans) [Trading calculator](https://whitepips.com/calculator) --- WhitePips provides skill-based trading evaluations on simulated accounts; payouts are real money based on simulated performance. Nothing here is financial advice or a promise of profit, passing an evaluation does not guarantee funding, payouts or income, and trading leveraged products carries significant risk. Not offered in the restricted jurisdictions listed at https://whitepips.com/legal/restricted-jurisdictions.