Hawkish BOJ policymaker's remarks send dollar to two-month low

TOKYO/MATSUMOTO (Reuters) -- A Bank of Japan board member on Thursday made remarks that ended up strengthening the yen.

Naoki Tamura said the BOJ must raise interest rates to at least 1% by the second half of the fiscal year beginning in April, a remark that reinforced bets of a near-term rate hike.