TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda nominated Masaaki Shirakawa to lead the central bank, seeking to fill a vacancy left after the opposition rejected his two previous candidates.
Deputy Governor Shirakawa, who has been acting chief since Toshihiko Fukui retired on March 19, was proposed at a meeting of lawmakers in Tokyo, according to a statement released by the upper house of parliament in Tokyo.
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