The Bank of Japan began operating under a new regime Friday with two new deputy governors but no chief due to political wrangling between the ruling and opposition parties. Masaaki Shirakawa, an executive director of the central bank between 2002 and... ...full story at Japan Today
from Japan Today on Fri, Mar 21 2008
see also:
| 13 Nov 07 |
|
Veterans Day Trip Up 12Nov07 - www.moneysorus.co.uk »
YouTube video Bank of Japan Holds Interest Rate Steady
Japan's central bank kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 0.5 percent Tuesday after a two-day meeting policy meeting amid deepening concerns about slower growth in the U.S. economy, a key export market. |
| 22 Mar 08 |
|
Shirakawa takes acting charge of BOJ helm »
Japan Times ![]() With two new deputy governors but no chief, the Bank of Japan got down to business under a new regime Friday. Read the full story . . . |
| 04 Apr 08 |
|
Shirakawa tipped to get nomination as BOJ chief »
Japan Times ![]() After informally sounding out the Democratic Party of Japan, the government is poised to put forward Bank of Japan Deputy Gov. Masaaki Shirakawa to be the new leader of the central bank, sources said Friday. Read the full story . . . |
| 07 Apr 08 |
|
Shirakawa tipped as BOJ chief; No. 2 iffy » Japan Times The government nominated Bank of Japan Deputy Gov. Masaaki Shirakawa as BOJ chief Monday and former Finance Ministry bureaucrat Hiroshi Watanabe as deputy governor despite widespread speculation the latter will be rejected by the Democratic Party of... |
| 18 Feb 08 |
|
Parties reach accord on new BOJ chief » Japan Times The government will show opposition parties this week a plan to nominate Deputy Bank of Japan Gov. Toshiro Muto as the next BOJ chief amid growing signs the biggest opposition party will accept the candidate favored by the ruling coalition, sources said... |
| 07 Mar 08 |
|
Opposition may reject Muto for BOJ chief » Japan Today Leaders of the Democratic Party of Japan and other opposition parties Friday voiced their objections to the government's nomination of Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Toshiro Muto for the post of governor of the central bank. "In reality, I don't think it... |