The yen briefly rose to the 129 level against the U.S. dollar from the mid-131 level on Friday over reports that the government will tap a former Bank of Japan Policy Board member as the central bank's new chief.The reports by Kyodo News and other media saying Kazuo Ueda is being eyed as the next chief came after earlier speculation that BOJ deputy chief Masayoshi Amamiya, who has been instrumental in designing the bank's bold monetary easing program under incumbent Governor Haruhiko Kuroda, would take over the top position in April.Earlier, on the stock market, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock A…READ FULL ARTICLE