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Launch of the Renewed Bank of Japan Website

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December 9, 2022
Bank of Japan

The Bank of Japan is launching a renewed website.

The renewal will make the website easier to use through such improvements as a new responsive design with an enhanced user interface across various devices and an upgrade of the site's search function.

  • Scheduled Date of Launch
    The renewal date is set for January 1, 2023. Switchover to the new website will take place on the same day, immediately after completion of the transition process.
  • Major Improvements to the New Website (See Attachment 1 for visuals)

    1. 1.New responsive design: enhancing user interface across various devices.
    2. 2.Easier viewing and navigation: optimizing the number of main navigation menus and banners.

      "Announcements" will be removed from the main navigation menu and its content will appear under the relevant menus, making information more easily accessible.

    3. 3.Upgraded search function: introducing a "fuzzy search" with results provided in descending order by date.

Due to the removal of the "Announcements" menu, the URLs of some content will be changed. If you have bookmarked any of the content listed in Attachment 2, please update the URLs after the launch of the renewed website. We apologize for the inconvenience.

The Bank will continue its efforts to provide a web service that is more user-friendly and more accessible to a wide range of users.

Attachment 1 : New Design

  • Visuals of the Renewed Bank of Japan Website. Announcements will be removed from the main navigation menu and its content will appear under the relevant menus.Search bar located in a prominent position introducing a fuzzy search with results provided in descending order by date.

Attachment 2 : Notice of the URL Change in Some Content

Due to the removal of "Announcements" from the main navigation menu of the Bank of Japan website, any content with a URL beginning "https://www.boj.or.jp/en/announcements" will have a new URL.

  • Below are the major contents for which the URLs will be changed.
    "Statements on Monetary Policy" under Monetary Policy Releases
    (previous)https://www.boj.or.jp/en/announcements/release_YYYY/index.htm
    (new)https://www.boj.or.jp/en/mopo/mpmdeci/mpr_YYYY/index.htm
    Speeches
    (previous)https://www.boj.or.jp/en/announcements/press/koen_YYYY/index.htm
    (new)https://www.boj.or.jp/en/about/press/koen_YYYY/index.htm
    Bank of Japan FAQs
    (previous)https://www.boj.or.jp/en/announcements/education/oshiete/index.htm
    (new)https://www.boj.or.jp/en/about/education/oshiete/index.htm
  • "Speeches" and "Other Releases" released before 2011 will be made available on the following pages.
    Speeches
    (new)https://www2.boj.or.jp/archive/en/announcements/press/index.htm
    Other Releases
    (new)https://www2.boj.or.jp/archive/en/announcements/release_all/index.htm
  • Note: "YYYY" in the URLs represents the calendar year.