Yanosuke Iwasaki (1851-1908), who headed the Mitsubishi “zaibatsu” conglomerate and then became the Bank of Japan governor, resigned as the central banker 125 years ago after locking horns with the government, which put pressure on the bank over its interest rate policy.
The government’s pick to head the Bank of Japan pledged on Feb. 24 that he would stay the course in keeping the ultra-loose monetary policy in place over the past decade.
The extraordinary Diet session that began Aug. 3 will end on Aug. 5, leaving no time to address growing concerns about ties between politicians and the Unification Church or the current wave of the COVID-19 pandemic now sweeping Japan.
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