Almost from the moment he was sworn in as Bank of Japan governor, Kazuo Ueda sounded like a guy who wanted to be done with negativity. It just wasn’t obvious why. As the BOJ this week considers ...
Shortly after Ueda’s elevation in April 2023, the soft-spoken 73-year-old talked about the “very serious challenge” rural areas posed for Japan’s recovery. Since then, the BOJ has begun to ...