Haruhiko Kuroda
May 10, 2013
The dollar rose above 100 yen for the first time in more than four years on May 10 as currency traders persist in selling the Japanese currency in reaction to Tokyo's...
April 27, 2013
Despite previous protests from China, the new head of the Asian Development Bank will once again hail from Japan.
April 27, 2013
The Bank of Japan, which has embarked on an unprecedentedly aggressive monetary easing policy, announced April 26 that it expects an inflation rate of 1.9 percent, excluding...
April 19, 2013
Finance leaders of the G20 economies on April 19 were set to debate specific targets for reigning in debt levels and the potential dangers from the latest round of aggressive...
April 16, 2013
The Bank of Japan upgraded its assessment of all nine regional economies in its latest quarterly report, taking particular note of the depreciating yen and rising stock prices.
April 15, 2013
Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on April 15 Japan's financial system is stable and capital markets have been improving due to a decline in risk aversion and...
April 11, 2013
After delivering what he describes as a monetary policy of a different dimension, Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda is now reminding the prime minister that he has his own ...
April 10, 2013
Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on April 10 that the bank was resolved to keep printing money for as long as needed to achieve 2 percent inflation, signaling his...
April 09, 2013
Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda has drawn admiration--and the nickname "Helicopter Haruhiko"--for the scale of his new monetary easing measures.
April 05, 2013
Ignoring failed similar attempts to stimulate the nation’s economy, the Bank of Japan is betting on a new round of massive quantitative monetary easing measures this time...
April 05, 2013
The Bank of Japan under new Governor Haruhiko Kuroda on April 4 decided on a new monetary-easing policy as part of efforts to "do everything possible" to achieve a 2-percent...
April 04, 2013
Japan is making a drastic shift in monetary policy in its latest attempt to spur inflation and get the world's third-largest economy out of a long, debilitating slump.
April 02, 2013
The Bank of Japan’s Tankan survey on business sentiment showed that the real economy has not caught up with market expectations for improved conditions led by “Abenomics.”
March 29, 2013
Japan's economy has stopped weakening and should show signs of recovery by midyear, the newly appointed central bank governor said on March 28, as weaker-than-expected retail...
March 23, 2013
Takehiko Nakao, vice finance minister for international affairs, will likely become the next president of the Asian Development Bank, sources said March 22.
March 22, 2013
Newly installed Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda faces many hurdles as he sets out to achieve a target of 2-percent inflation two years from now.
March 21, 2013
The newly installed governor of Japan's central bank said on March 21 that he plans to do whatever he can to end deflation and break the economy out of the doldrums.
March 21, 2013
Haruhiko Kuroda had reason to be frustrated when he retired as Japan's currency czar a decade ago.
March 16, 2013
Haruhiko Kuroda, the newly approved governor of the Bank of Japan, is taking a major gamble by promising to do everything possible to lift the Japanese economy out of a...
March 16, 2013
The Olympic Gold continues to elude the Japanese men's judo team, while its female counterpart shocked the world in January by accusing their coach of physical abuse. But the...