Former top Japanese currency diplomat Masato Kanda has been selected as the next president of the Asian Development Bank, the Manila-based international lender said Thursday.Kanda, 59, currently a special adviser to Japan's prime minister, will take office on Feb. 24, 2025 as the 11th president, succeeding Masatsugu Asakawa, another former senior official of Japan's Finance Ministry, the ADB said.Japan, a leading shareholder in the ADB along with the United States, has supplied the bank's chief since the institution was established in 1966."I am determined to tackle a wide range of challeng…READ FULL ARTICLE