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Watanabe becomes JBIC governor

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Watanabe (L), new governor of the Japan Bank for International Cooperation, along with his predecessor Hiroshi Okuda (R), a former president of Toyota Motor Corp., attend a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 26, 2013. Watanabe served as head of the International Bureau of the Finance Ministry and vice minister for international affairs before becoming JBIC's executive managing director, the No. 2 post at the institution, in April 2012.

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New JBIC chief Okuda

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Okuda, the new president of the Japan Bank for International Cooperation, speaks at his inaugural press conference in Tokyo on April 2, 2012.

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JBIC loans $3 bil. to Abu Dhabi state firm for oil supply

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Hiroshi Watanabe (C), president of the Japan Bank for International Cooperation, and Yousef Omair bin Yousef (R), CEO of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, sign a document in Abu Dhabi on Nov. 2, 2010. The state-run JBIC signed a deal with ADNOC to loan $3 billion in conjunction with five banks in exchange for securing a stable oil supply for Japan.

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Gov't nominates JBIC's Tanami as BOJ chief, faces opposition

TOKYO, Japan - The government nominated Koji Tanami (file photo), governor of the Japan Bank for International Cooperation and a former top Finance Ministry bureaucrat, as the next governor of the Bank of Japan on March 18.

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Finance Ministry wins showdown with Koizumi on JBIC issue

TOKYO, Japan - Akio Harada, a lawyer, who chairs a six-member study group to revise Japan's official development assistance (ODA) policy, holds a press conference at the Prime Minister's office after a meeting of the panel on Feb. 17.

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Thailand to start new airport construction without Japan loan

BANGKOK, Thailand - Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra looks at a miniature model of a new airport passenger terminal to be built in Bangkok on July 19. He said Thailand will go ahead with construction of the terminal even without approval from its biggest lender, the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC).

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Shinozawa named to head JBIC

TOKYO, Japan - Kyosuke Shinozawa, new governor of the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), speaks at a news conference June 29. The JBIC is Japan's main foreign aid agency. Shinozawa, 64, a former vice finance minister, became deputy governor of the JBIC in 1999 when it was created through merger of the Export-Import Bank of Japan and the Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund (OECF).

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JBIC chief Watanabe speaks with Kyodo News ahead of G-20 meeting

Hiroshi Watanabe, head of the Japan Bank for International Cooperation and former vice finance minister for international affairs, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on April 8, 2015, ahead of a meeting of finance chiefs from the Group of 20 countries in Washington on April 16-17. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New JBIC chief Okuda

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Okuda, the new president of the Japan Bank for International Cooperation, speaks at his inaugural press conference in Tokyo on April 2, 2012. (Kyodo)

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JBIC loans $3 bil. to Abu Dhabi state firm for oil supply

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Hiroshi Watanabe (C), president of the Japan Bank for International Cooperation, and Yousef Omair bin Yousef (R), CEO of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, sign a document in Abu Dhabi on Nov. 2, 2010. The state-run JBIC signed a deal with ADNOC to loan $3 billion in conjunction with five banks in exchange for securing a stable oil supply for Japan. (Kyodo)

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Shinozawa named to head JBIC

TOKYO, Japan - Kyosuke Shinozawa, new governor of the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), speaks at a news conference June 29. The JBIC is Japan's main foreign aid agency. Shinozawa, 64, a former vice finance minister, became deputy governor of the JBIC in 1999 when it was created through merger of the Export-Import Bank of Japan and the Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund (OECF).