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Japan govt taps Shinsei Bank exec Takako Masai for BOJ board

The Japanese government has nominated Takako Masai, an executive at Shinsei Bank Ltd and an advocate of aggressive monetary easing, to join the Bank of Japan's nine-member policy board, a government document showed on Tuesday.
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[TOKYO] The Japanese government has nominated Takako Masai, an executive at Shinsei Bank Ltd and an advocate of aggressive monetary easing, to join the Bank of Japan's nine-member policy board, a government document showed on Tuesday.
Mr Masai, a 51-year-old executive officer of the Japanese commercial bank and an expert on currency markets, would replace Koji Ishida, whose term expires in June.
REUTERS