The move follows two years of experiments the BOJ has been conducting to decide whether to issue a so-called central bank digital currency.

JAKARTA : Indonesia and the Islamic Development Bank have signed a $150 million loan to finance a toll road project on Java island, the Indonesian finance ministry said in a statement on Monday ...

TOKYO -- The Bank of Japan will begin a pilot program for a digital yen with commercial financial institutions in April, the central bank said Friday, in trials expected to last several years.