Bloomberg with the news on "Takako Masai, a foreign-exchange specialist at Shinsei Bank" nominated to the Bank of Japan board.

  • To replace Koji Ishida, whose term ends on June 29
  • "It looks like she is in the middle between hawks and doves on monetary policy," said Hiromichi Shirakawa, chief Japan economist at Credit Suisse Group AG in Tokyo. "The choice of someone who knows a lot about global financial markets and foreign exchange means the BOJ really cares about currencies."