According to PANews, the Japanese National Diet Committee has announced that Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda will attend a parliamentary hearing on August 23 at 9:30 AM local time (8:30 AM Beijing time). Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki will also participate in the meeting.

Previously, sources indicated that the Japanese National Diet would hold a special session in the House of Representatives on August 23 to discuss the issue of raising interest rates by the Bank of Japan.