The Bank of Japan releases the Summary of Opinions expressed by its nine policy board members six business days after each Monetary Policy Meeting.

The BoJ holds eight MPMs a year, in January, March, April, June, July, September, October and December. The BoJ began publishing the summary in 2016 to provide a brief look at what was discussed at the latest meeting as part of its efforts to increase the transparency of the conduct of monetary policy. The governor of the bank holds a news conference at 1530 JST (0630 GMT), a few hours after the release of the monetary policy statement, to discuss the board's policy decision and assessment of the economic and financial conditions. More details become available when the summary is published. Before 2016, market participants had to wait until the release of the minutes, which comes a month or two after the meeting because the board must approve the minutes at the following meeting before its release. The summary is edited by the governor and does not require the board's approval.