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Upper house votes down Tanami as next BOJ chief

TOKYO, Japan - House of Councillors members from the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan clap their hands on March 19 after a plenary session of the opposition-dominated upper house voted down the government's nomination of Koji Tanami, governor of Japan Bank for International Cooperation, as the next chief of the Bank of Japan.

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BOJ chief nominee Tanami pledges to secure bank's independence

TOKYO, Japan - Koji Tanami, the government's nominee for the post of Bank of Japan governor, makes a policy speech at a House of Representatives panel, pledging to secure the central bank's independence from the government when making monetary policy decisions. At right in back is Kiyohiko Nishimura, a member of the BOJ's Policy Board who has been nominated as a BOJ deputy governor. (Pool photo)

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Tanami, Nishimura attend lower house panel session

TOKYO, Japan - Koji Tanami (R), the government's nominee for the post of Bank of Japan governor, and Kiyohiko Nishimura (L), a member of the central bank's Policy Board who has been nominated as a BOJ deputy governor, attend a House of Representatives panel to make their policy speeches on March 18. (Pool photo)

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BOJ chief nominee Tanami pledges to secure bank's independence

TOKYO, Japan - Koji Tanami, the government's nominee for the post of Bank of Japan governor, makes a policy speech at a House of Councillors panel on March 18.

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Tanami, Nishimura make speeches at upper house panel session

TOKYO, Japan - Koji Tanami (R), the government's nominee for the post of Bank of Japan governor, makes a policy speech at a House of Councillors panel on March 18. At left in front is Kiyohiko Nishimura, a member of the BOJ's Policy Board who has been nominated as a BOJ deputy governor.

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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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Japan's new vice finance minister meets the press

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's newly appointed Vice Finance Minister Nobuaki Usui expresses his determination July 8 to restore lost trust in the Finance Ministry in the wake of a string of bribery and other scandals. Photo shows Usui (R) shaking hands with his predecessor Koji Tanami at a press conference at the ministry.

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BOJ chief nominee Tanami pledges to secure bank's independence

TOKYO, Japan - Koji Tanami, the government's nominee for the post of Bank of Japan governor, makes a policy speech at a House of Councillors panel on March 18. (Kyodo)

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Tanami, Nishimura attend lower house panel session

TOKYO, Japan - Koji Tanami (R), the government's nominee for the post of Bank of Japan governor, and Kiyohiko Nishimura (L), a member of the central bank's Policy Board who has been nominated as a BOJ deputy governor, attend a House of Representatives panel to make their policy speeches on March 18. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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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. (Kyodo)

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Tanami, Nishimura make speeches at upper house panel session

TOKYO, Japan - Koji Tanami (R), the government's nominee for the post of Bank of Japan governor, makes a policy speech at a House of Councillors panel on March 18. At left in front is Kiyohiko Nishimura, a member of the BOJ's Policy Board who has been nominated as a BOJ deputy governor. (Kyodo)

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BOJ chief nominee Tanami pledges to secure bank's independence

TOKYO, Japan - Koji Tanami, the government's nominee for the post of Bank of Japan governor, makes a policy speech at a House of Representatives panel, pledging to secure the central bank's independence from the government when making monetary policy decisions. At right in back is Kiyohiko Nishimura, a member of the BOJ's Policy Board who has been nominated as a BOJ deputy governor. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Upper house votes down Tanami as next BOJ chief

TOKYO, Japan - House of Councillors members from the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan clap their hands on March 19 after a plenary session of the opposition-dominated upper house voted down the government's nomination of Koji Tanami, governor of Japan Bank for International Cooperation, as the next chief of the Bank of Japan. (Kyodo)

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Japan's new vice finance minister meets the press

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's newly appointed Vice Finance Minister Nobuaki Usui expresses his determination July 8 to restore lost trust in the Finance Ministry in the wake of a string of bribery and other scandals. Photo shows Usui (R) shaking hands with his predecessor Koji Tanami at a press conference at the ministry.

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Japan's new vice finance minister meets the press

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's newly appointed Vice Finance Minister Nobuaki Usui expresses his determination July 8 to restore lost trust in the Finance Ministry in the wake of a string of bribery and other scandals. Photo shows Usui (R) shaking hands with his predecessor Koji Tanami at a press conference at the ministry.