Japan's government on Tuesday nominated Junko Koeda, an academic who had warned of the cost of prolonged monetary easing, to join the Bank of Japan board in March, a choice analysts say will keep the central bank on course to raise interest rates.

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s government nominated female economist Junko Koeda to replace Seiji Adachi on the BOJ policy board, according to a statement distributed by a parliamentary committee Tuesday.

The Japanese government has nominated Junko Koeda, a political science and economics professor at Waseda University, to join the Bank of Japans (BOJ) nine-member board. Koedas appointment comes at a pivotal time as the

By Makiko Yamazaki, Yoshifumi Takemoto and Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) -The Japanese government on Tuesday nominated Waseda University political science and economics professor Junko Koeda to join the Bank of Japan's nine-member board.