TOKYO -- Yoshihide Suga, the favorite to become Japan's new prime minister, backed Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda, making it likely monetary policy will stay ultra-easy should he become the nation's next leader.
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Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, a candidate to replace Shinzo Abe as prime minister, speaks with Nikkei in his office in Tokyo on Saturday. (Photo by Kento Awashima)
TOKYO -- Yoshihide Suga, the favorite to become Japan's new prime minister, backed Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda, making it likely monetary policy will stay ultra-easy should he become the nation's next leader.