Dow Jones Newswires: Bank of Japan keeps ultra-low interest rates unchanged

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TOKYO — The Bank of Japan kept its ultra-low interest rates unchanged Friday, affirming Gov. Kazuo Ueda’s policy of trying to nurture sustainable inflation.

The BOJ decided to maintain its cap on the 10-year Japanese government bond yield at 0.5% and kept short-term interest rates at minus 0.1%.

The yield on 10-year JGBs has been stable under…