THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
August 1, 2023 at 18:00 JST
Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa, left, with Finance Minister Taro Aso and economic revitalization minister Akira Amari on Jan. 22, 2013, after the central bank and the government issued a joint statement on anti-deflation policy (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
At his first Policy Board meeting after becoming governor of the Bank of Japan, Haruhiko Kuroda left no one in doubt about his intention to pursue an ultra-loose monetary policy. [Read More]
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