Prime minister Shinzo Abe's nominations for the top three jobs at Japan's central bank have been approved by parliament, ushering in a new era of more aggressive monetary easing in the world's third-largest economy.
On Friday, the upper house waved through the appointments of Haruhiko Kuroda as governor, and Kikuo Iwata and Hiroshi Nakaso as his deputies, following approval by the lower house on Thursday. The trio will take up their new roles on March 20.
