Toshirō Mutō

Toshirō Muto (Japanese武 藤 敏 郎, Muto Toshirō; born July 2, 1943 in Urawa (now Urawa -ku, Saitama ) ) was from 2003 to 2008 Deputy Governor (副 総 裁, fuku - Sosai ) of the Bank of Japan ( BoJ). Previously, he was a civil servant in the Ministry of Finance. He graduated from the University of Tokyo.

Nomination for governor of the BoJ

In February 2008, the government of Yasuo Fukuda Muto nominated as successor by Toshihiko Fukui as governor of the BoJ, whose term of office expired on 19 March 2008. However, the opposition refused because of its majority in the Upper House during the vote on March 12, their consent. For the nomination approval of both chambers of Kokkai is necessary. The nominated Muto again and led negotiations with the Democratic party in order to avoid a vacuum in the leadership of the Bank. On March 18, mutos nomination in the House of Lords was refused a second time. After that, Koji Tanami government nominated, previously governor of the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (国际 协力 银行, kokusai kyōroku Ginko ).

In June 2008, Muto left the central bank and has worked since July 2008 for the Daiwa Soken (English Daiwa Institute of Research Holdings), which belongs to Daiwa shoken Group (English Daiwa Securities ). He is also a visiting lecturer at the University of Tokyo.