URGENT: Ex-BOJ Policy Board member Kazuo Ueda eyed as next governor: source

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida plans to tap former Bank of Japan Policy Board member Kazuo Ueda as the central bank’s next governor, a source familiar with the matter said Friday.

For new deputy governors, former Financial Services Agency chief Ryozo Himino and BOJ Executive Director Shinichi Uchida are being eyed, according to the source.