TOKYO -- The Bank of Japan's uphill campaign to normalize monetary policy has recently received much needed help from two sources: labor unions that have learned to be more assertive and a new American president critical of the yen's persistent weakness.
The Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda: The bank is on a mission to transform the economy from one of low growth and low inflation to one with more dynamism. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Wataru Ito and Mizuho Miyazaki)
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