Japan's parliament approves next central bank governor

FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 2013
Japan's parliament approves next central bank governor

Tokyo - Haruhiko Kuroda, president of Asia Development Bank, was approved by Japan's parliament Friday to become the new governor of the central bank.

 

He was nominated by the government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abeand has expressed support for aggressive monetary easing to pull the world's third-largest economy out of deflation.
 
Kuroda is a former deputy finance minister for international affairs.//DPA