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HARUHIKO KURODA

BUSINESS
Nov 28, 2016
BOJ's Kuroda set to get 0.9% pay rise for current fiscal year
Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda is getting a 0.9 percent pay rise for the fiscal year ending in March, leaving him ahead of his U.S. Federal Reserve counterpart, Janet Yellen, but behind Mario Draghi of the European Central Bank.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 20, 2016
Could Japan's bond bubble get Trumped?
Bond market vigilantes are keen to test the Bank of Japan's latest moves to keep yields low as U.S. rates rise.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 18, 2016
Trump win gives Kuroda breathing room, ex-BOJ executive says
Donald Trump's election win has given Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda room to breathe by easing concerns that the yen will strengthen, a former BOJ executive says.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 16, 2016
BOJ inflation goal still too optimistic: ex-executive
The Bank of Japan is still too optimistic about the time needed to achieve its 2 percent inflation target, given the country's entrenched deflationary mindset, a former BOJ executive director said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 13, 2016
BOJ may need to taper bond-buying stimulus next year, analyst says
The Bank of Japan will be forced to start tapering bond-buying stimulus as soon as a year from now as it runs out of willing sellers, says the nation's top-rated analyst. The good news, he says, is yields will not jump.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 10, 2016
Kuroda signals BOJ may delay reaching 2 percent inflation target to 2018
Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda gives the clearest signal yet that the bank may delay the forecast date for achieving its 2 percent inflation target to 2018.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets / FOCUS
Oct 3, 2016
BOJ seen adopting American WWII rate-pegging ploy to spark inflation
In deciding to target bond yields, Japan is deploying a monetary strategy to combat deflation used by its former enemy in World War II. The trouble is that America's experience back then suggests the tactics probably will not work on their own.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 3, 2016
BOJ chief Kuroda has ruined his chances for second term: Abe aide Nakahara
Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda has ruined his chances of getting a second full term, according to Nobuyuki Nakahara, who has advised the prime minister on the economy and was an intellectual father of the BOJ's first run at quantitative easing in 2001.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 22, 2016
Kuroda's strategy shifts from shock and awe to bond market finesse
Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda stormed onto the global stage in 2013 with the subtlety of a Metallica concert, electrifying markets with a shock-and-awe strategy.
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Sep 7, 2016
BOJ review of easing actions casts spotlight on core policy planning unit
The Bank of Japan's unprecedented review of its unprecedented monetary policy has stepped up focus on a key group of Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda's allies.
Alerts issued for Tokyo area cities as Shanshan crawls across Japan
A submerged area of Yufu, Oita Prefecture, on Thursday after Typhoon Shanshan dumped torrential rain throughout the Kyushu region.
Typhoon Shanshan batters Kyushu ahead of likely landfall
A satellite image shows Typhoon Shanshan south of Kyushu on Wednesday afternoon
From tropical storm to 'violent': Japan’s typhoon classifications
A satellite image from Wednesday shows Typhoon Shanshan south of Kyushu as the storm was rapidly intensifying.
Tropical Storm Shanshan soaks Japan as flood and landslide risks rise
People walk in front of closed ticket gates for the Tokaido Shinkansen in Tokyo Station as train operations between Tokyo and Nagoya remain suspended due to Tropical Storm Shanshan on Saturday.
Will Bangladesh go the way of Pakistan?
Gen. Waker-uz-Zaman, Bangladesh's army chief, arrives at Dhaka International Airport to receive Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus on Aug. 8 to lead the country's interim government.
Japan seeks another record-breaking defense budget for fiscal 2025
Members of the Ground Self-Defense Force hold a live-fire exercise at the GSDF's training grounds in the East Fuji Maneuver Area in Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture, in May. Japan's Defense Ministry is seeking another record-breaking budget for fiscal 2025.
Can Japan handle a heat wave and natural disaster at the same time?
A member of the Self-Defense Forces wipes away sweat as he conducts a search and rescue operation at a landslide site caused by heavy rain in Kumano, Hiroshima Prefecture, on July 11, 2018.
Did you feel that? It may be time to refresh your disaster kits — and vocabulary.
A map of western Japan shows the Nankai Trough and, to its north, the hypocentral region where the energy for an earthquake is thought to be building.
This English schoolboy has big dreams of becoming yokozuna — and more
Nicholas Tarasenko trains at Minato stable in Kawaguchi, Saitama Prefecture, on Tuesday. Tarasenko’s potential in sumo was made obvious when he won U18 gold in the 90-kg weight class at the 2023 Baruto Cup in Estonia despite being four years under the age limit and having only had a total of one hour of sumo training before the meet.
Kitakyushu clashes with academics over Meiji Era remains
Remnants of the first Moji station complex are located near the current Mojiko Station in the city of Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture.

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