[Minutes of the Bank of Japan Meeting Confirm Policy Focus on Preventing Inflation from Exceeding Target] Golden Finance reported on October 1 that the Bank of Japan confirmed in the minutes of last month's policy meeting that its policy focus has shifted to preventing inflation from exceeding the target level. During this meeting, the bank raised its policy interest rate to the highest level since 1995. The minutes may further reinforce market expectations that the Bank of Japan will raise rates again this year. Prior to the release of the minutes, the swap market indicated that traders believe there is over a 95% probability that the Bank of Japan will raise rates again before the end of December, with about a 21% probability of a rate hike at the next policy meeting on October 30.