Japan govt taps Shinsei Bank exec Takako Masai for BOJ board

[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