Weak yen possible risk once after reaching 2% inflation: BOJ chief Q&A

TOKYO -- The Bank of Japan will focus on key data about wages and other areas of the economy when deciding whether to hike interest rates, Gov. Kazuo Ueda said in an exclusive interview with Nikkei.

Ueda also stressed that yen weakness will be a risk to the central bank's outlook if the currency falls further after the country's inflation starts rising above a yearly 2% target.