Easy Choice? Field is crowded with candidates for BoJ governor

摘要

Running one of the world's most criticized central banks may seem like a thankless job, but in Japan people are queuing up for it. There is a large field of candidates to succeed Masaaki Shi-rakawa as the next governor of the Bank of Japan, Although Shinzo Abe - a former prime minister who polls suggest will lead the center-right Liberal Democratic Party to victory in mid-December parliamentary elections and become the next prime minister- is campaigning for a looser policy stance by the central bank to end deflation, he has yet to indicate a favorite.