Read JEN’s Ken Worsley in Central Banking Quarterly

May 22, 2008
By Ken Worsley

A quick announcement: Japan Economy News editor Ken Worsley’s most recent article has been published in the May edition of Central Banking Quarterly, a publication of Incisive Media in London.

The article deals with the fiasco surrounding the recent appointment of a new Bank of Japan Governor, and details how the shifting political scene in Japan has affected and will continue to affect the nexus where government and finance intersect. Although it may seem simple to consider the fight over the appointment of a new BOJ Governor to be a mere proxy war between the ruling and opposition camps, much more is brewing behind the scenes in Nagatacho and the ideal that the BOJ is independent of the government continues to be undercut.

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