TOKYO -- The Japanese government plans to nominate Kazuo Ueda, an economist and former member of the Bank of Japan's policy board, as the central bank's next governor to succeed Haruhiko Kuroda, Nikkei has learned.
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Kazuo Ueda, an economist and former member of the Bank of Japan's policy board.
TOKYO -- The Japanese government plans to nominate Kazuo Ueda, an economist and former member of the Bank of Japan's policy board, as the central bank's next governor to succeed Haruhiko Kuroda, Nikkei has learned.