The government presented to the Diet Tuesday its nomination of economist Kazuo Ueda, 71, as the successor to Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda, whose term ends on April 8.
Ueda, a former member of the central bank's Policy Board, would be the first BOJ governor to come from academia.
The government also presented its nominations of former Financial Services Agency Commissioner Ryozo Himino, 62, and BOJ Executive Director Shinichi Uchida, 60, as deputy governors.
