The Bank of Japan said Monday its website states that two of its Policy Board members “completed a PhD program in economics” at the University of Tokyo graduate school, not that they held doctoral degrees.
The brief website biographies for BOJ Deputy Gov. Kikuo Iwata and Policy Board member Makoto Sakurai show they completed all the necessary course work for doctorates at the university, known as Todai.
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