Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Masayoshi Amamiyawill appear before the Diet Friday, 10 February 2023 in the afternoon.
USD/JPY is being marked higher on this.
Amamiya is the current favourite to become Governor, based on leaks:
He is not a certainty, though. Hirohide Yamaguchi is also in contention to be next Governor.
- helped mould the asset purchases programme the BoJ started in 2010
- agreed to the joint BoJ/government statement to achieve the 2% inflation target in 2013
- but has been critic of the current round of asset purchases as well as YCC, viewing them as unsustainable
