Japan SPOTLIGHT's first interviewee for the March/April 2024 issue is Mr. Haruhiko Kuroda, former governor of the Bank of Japan (BOJ) and currently professor of the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, who has drawn attention worldwide for his monetary policy during his tenure (2013-2023). The interviewer is Dr. Sota Kato, principal researcher of the Tokyo Foundation for Policy Research and a member of Japan SPOTLIGHT’s Editorial Committee. He inquires mainly about the background of the BOJ’s unprecedented monetary easing and its possible future monetary policy. The big question is whether this monetary easing will continue hereafter.

"Background of Japan’s Unprecedented Monetary Easing & the Direction of Monetary Policy Hereafter," Japan Spotlight

https://www.jef.or.jp/journal/pdf/254th_Exclusive_Interview.pdf

Profile of Research Director Sota Kato

https://www.tokyofoundation.org/experts/detail.php?id=29