Kuroda becomes longest-serving BOJ chief as Japan awaits new leader

At 3,116 days in office, Haruhiko Kuroda on Wednesday became the Bank of Japan's longest-serving governor, tasked with navigating unprecedented challenges after years of unparalleled monetary easing, just as the country is set to have a new prime minister.Under Kuroda, who took the post in March 2013, the BOJ has embarked on an asset-buying spree, gobbling up Japanese government bonds and exchange-traded funds to see its total assets more than quadruple in the eight years to March 2021 to around 715 trillion yen ($6.4 trillion), exceeding in size Japan's nominal gross domestic product, whic…READ FULL ARTICLE