BoJ maintains its aggressive stimulus as economy is improving

The Japanese central bank decided to maintain its aggressive stimulus measures on Friday's policymakers meeting amid signs that the country's economy is benefiting from a massive financial package aided by the Bank of Japan. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the BoJ's Governor agreed on sales-tax hikes from 5% to 8% since next April and a new stimulus package totalling 5 trillion yen.