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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Yuri Kageyama

Japan parliament OKs Ueda as BOJ chief to tackle inflation

ASSOCIATED PRESS

The appointment for the next head of Japan’s central bank won parliamentary approval Friday, challenging a new monetary leadership with steering the world’s third-largest economy through inflation and other looming risks.

The nomination of Kazuo Ueda and his deputies was approved by the upper house of parliament, a day after its approval in the lower house.

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