With a cabinet reshuffle out of the way, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's search for the next Bank of Japan (BOJ) governor will intensify in coming months with a small but possible chance of a dark horse getting the job.
Kishida gave some key posts to lawmakers loyal to deceased premier Shinzo Abe in Wednesday's reshuffled cabinet, a sign he is not turning his back on proponents of aggressive monetary easing that was a key pillar of Abe's "Abenomics" stimulus policies.
