Ex-BOJ policymaker Ueda eyed as next governor in surprise pick

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida plans to tap former Bank of Japan Policy Board member Kazuo Ueda as the central bank's next governor to succeed incumbent Haruhiko Kuroda, a source familiar with the matter said Friday, in a surprise to jittery financial markets.Former Financial Services Agency chief Ryozo Himino and BOJ Executive Director Shinichi Uchida are being eyed as new deputy governors, according to the source, amid growing speculation that the Japanese central bank will shift away from its easy monetary policy as global peers have already done.The government is expected to present the n…READ FULL ARTICLE