Japan's 5-year bond yield edges higher ahead of BOJ decision
TOKYO, Sept 20 (Reuters) -Japan's five-year government bond yield edged up on Friday, as investors awaited the Bank of Japan's policy decision later in the day.
The BOJ is set to keep monetary policy steady, but signal its confidence that solid wage growth and consumption will allow the central bank to raise interest rates again in coming months.
Japan's core consumer inflation accelerated for the fourth straight month in August and tracked comfortably above the central bank's 2% target, data showed on Friday, keeping alive expectations for further interest rate hikes.
Yields on bonds with other maturities have not moved, as of 00:00 GMT
Reporting by Junko Fujita and Brigid Riley; Editing by Rashmi Aich
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