• Selection of a successor to Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda, whose term ends in April next year, is likely to intensify after an Upper House election in July. | BLOOMBERG
    Selection of a successor to Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda, whose term ends in April next year, is likely to intensify after an Upper House election in July. | BLOOMBERG
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The decision over who will be the Bank Japan's next chief will likely focus on two career central bankers whose different policy approaches and track records could affect the timing of an eventual exit from ultraeasy monetary policy.

As former and incumbent deputy governors, Hiroshi Nakaso and Masayoshi Amamiya have deep expertise in central bank affairs, which makes both of them a safe pair of hands in guiding a future exit from ultralow interest rates, however distant that may be.

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