40 percent of Japanese want central bank chief to quit
Forty percent of Japanese questioned think embattled central bank chief Toshihiko Fukui should resign over a scandal in which he invested in a controversial fund, according to a new poll.
The Bank of Japan governor has admitted keeping an investment in the fund of high-profile investor Yoshiaki Murakami, who was arrested earlier this month on allegations [...]
Bank of Japan’s credibility seen hit by chief’s scandal
Bank of Japan governor Toshihiko Fukui has opened a policy meeting with a cloud hanging over him in a scandal seen as weakening his credibility as he moves to end five years of zero-interest rates.
Opposition lawmakers have called for Fukui’s resignation, saying he was unethical to have kept an investment in the fund of controversial [...]
