Power industry leader Morimoto tapped as BOJ Policy Board member

Power industry leader Morimoto tapped as BOJ Policy Board member

TOKYO, Japan - The government on March 12, 2010, nominated Yoshihisa Morimoto (file photo), vice chairman of the Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan, as a policymaker on the Bank of Japan's Policy Board. The nine-member board has two vacancies and the government has been in the process of obtaining approval from the Diet to fill one of the seats with Ryuzo Miyao, a Kobe University processor.

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