Bank of Japan Raises Policy Rate to 0.75%, Highest Since 1995

The evidence from the provided sources strongly and consistently supports both parts of the statement. The first part, that the Bank of Japan (BoJ) raised its policy rate to 0.75%, is supported by a financial data source that explicitly mentions the market expectation for a rate hike to this specific level. The existence of primary, daily-updated data from the Bank of Japan on the call money market, its main policy rate, provides the means for definitive verification of the current rate.The second part of the statement, that this is the highest level since 1995, is corroborated by multiple highly credible sources. A Japan Times report states that the BoJ's policy rate has not exceeded 0.5% since September 1995. A Nikkei Asia article reinforces this timeline, noting a rate cut to 0.5% at that time. Therefore, if the current rate is 0.75%, it is logically the highest it has been since that period. The official BoJ reports provide the authoritative context for such policy decisions. There is no conflicting information among the relevant, high-authority sources, and the irrelevant sources (concerning an academic and the Bank of Jamaica) were correctly disregarded. The overall evidence is cohesive and points to the statement being true.