The monetary policy meeting of the Bank of Japan will be held on Monday and Tuesday, January 22 and 23.
The statement will be delivered on Tuesday as usual, there is no specific time for this, however it is expected to be issued sometime during the time period from 2:30 to 3:30 GMT.
No change in monetary policy is expected, but the BOJ likes to surprise, as the BOJ surprised the markets several times last year.
There is probably no good reason to expect Governor Ueda to signal a desire to end negative interest rates or adjust the yield curve control on Tuesday tomorrow.
Core inflation weakened compared to the acceleration that occurred during the second half of 2022 and until early 2023.
If Ueda didn't have the confidence to raise and exit negative interest rates when core inflation was higher than now, he is unlikely to have that confidence now.
