Haruhiko Kuroda
Academic life: Haruhiko Kuroda (29)
Kuroda enters academia to share his experience with future generations
Kuroda reflects on his interactions with financial officials and Nobel-winning economists
Kuroda's long run as head of the Bank of Japan ends amid international discord
BOJ works to keep Japanese economy afloat during unprecedented challenge
BOJ's new framework intended to raise inflation, but wage growth remained sluggish
Decision barely passes at BOJ's monetary policy meeting by a thin 5-4 majority
Kuroda takes over at the BOJ and embarks on unprecedented monetary easing
Kuroda heads to Europe, U.S. to gain support for ADB's 200% capital increase
Kuroda makes major changes to the bank's long-term strategy
Kuroda becomes the bank's president and promotes regional economic integration
After decades at the Finance Ministry, Kuroda becomes an adviser to the prime minister
Kuroda believed BOJ's lifting of zero interest policy in 2000 was a mistake
Kuroda begins working at top international post in Japan's Finance Ministry
Kuroda works to contain the 1997 crisis, proposing 'Asian Monetary Fund'
Kuroda visits Uzbekistan, Vietnam and elsewhere as Finance Ministry's research chief
Kuroda is on hand to see the start of German unification and the fall of the Soviet Union
Kuroda looks back on the sharp downturn in asset values in Japan
Kuroda handles international issues after returning to Finance Ministry
Kuroda takes on local issues in management role in regional post
Now at Tax Bureau, Kuroda learns difficulty of implementing tax reforms
Coping with the first oil crisis and a move to Washington
Back at the Finance Ministry, Kuroda works to cope with 1971 Nixon Shock
Future central bank chief meets luminaries of economics while studying abroad
Kuroda joins Finance Ministry as Japan is rocked by social change
Kuroda dives into his studies at the University of Tokyo
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