Ryan had the headlines from the Bank of Japan's newest board member Yukitoshi Funo here

A bit more on Funo:

  • Funo was formerly at Toyota. He is on the record in the dim and distant past (well before Abe's win in 2012) as opposing yen strength.
  • As such he is a strong supporter of the policies of current BOJ chair Kuroda and his easing policies
  • Last October the BOJ scraped through additional stimulus by a 5 to 4 vote
  • With Funo 'on board' Kuroda can count on an additional vote in favour of further easing, should it come to that