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(From Journal of Japanese Trade & Industry (JJTI))

Byline: Tani Sadafumi

A new regime was introduced at the Bank of Japan (BOJ) on March 20. The newly appointed governor of the BOJ is Fukui Toshihiko, 67, a former deputy governor of the BOJ and an ex-Chairman of Fujitsu Research Institute. One of the two deputy governors appointed to assist Fukui is 59-year-old Muto Toshiro, a former Administrative Vice-Minister of Finance. The other is 56-year-old Iwata Kazumasa, a former Director General (Economy and Finance in charge of Economic Assessment and Policy Analysis) at the Cabinet Office. The team is appointed for a period of five years and will be ...

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