japan is likely to continue its ultraeasy monetary policy despite recent rises in prices according to testimony by bank of japan gov haruhiko kuroda and prime minister fumio kishida the bank of japan will support the economy which is still on the way to recover from the pandemic by patiently continuing powerful monetary easing mr kuroda told a parliamentary committee monday mr kishida who attended the same meeting said the government isnt considering to amend its accord with the boj under which the central bank promises to take an easy policy to achieve 2 inflation consumer prices rose over 2 from a year earlier in april due mainly to higher energy prices mr kuroda has repeatedly said such an inflation rate isnt sustainable