Ex-top Japan currency official to head ADB

Ex-top Japan currency official to head ADB

Masato Kanda, special advisor to Japan's prime minister, meets the press at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 28, 2024, after being elected as the next president of the Asian Development Bank. The former vice finance minister for international affairs will take up the office on Feb. 24, 2025.

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