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BANK OF JAPAN Governor UEDA said authorities must remain vigilant to upside inflation risks, including those stemming from tensions in the Middle East.

The Bank of Japan raised its policy rate to 1.25% and signaled further tightening. Japanese investors hold about $2.5 trillion in U.S. equities, bonds and other financial assets—roughly half of a $5 trillion overseas portfolio. Higher domestic rates could draw capital back to Japan, potentially slowing or reversing cash flows that have supported U.S. and global markets. Some analysts say a modest rise may not prompt large repatriation because investors can still buy U.S. tech or higher-yielding foreign bonds; yields abroad remain above Japan. Norihiro Yamaguchi, chief Japan economist at Oxford Economics in Tokyo, said he does not expect large-scale repatriation of U.S. Treasuries unless the Bank of Japan clarifies its intended terminal rate and hiking path.