is the former Deputy Governor of the

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. On March 7, 2008, the government of Japan announced that it planned to nominate him for promotion to replace

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as governor. Fukui's term was to expire on March 19. His nomination was rejected. Mutō was born in Urawa,

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and graduated from

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High School in Nishi Nippori,

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. He attended the

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, graduating from the Department of Law in 1966. In the same year, he joined the

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. He served overseas at the Embassy of Japan in

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In 2000, he rose to Administrative Vice-Minister of Finance, and in 2003 joined the Bank of Japan as deputy governor. Since January 2014, Mutō has served as the Director General/CEO of the Tokyo Organising Committee for the

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Sources

This article incorporates material from 武藤敏郎 (''Mutō Toshirō'') in the Japanese Wikipedia, retrieved on March 7, 2008.

References

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NHK News retrieved March 7, 2008 {{DEFAULTSORT:Muto, Toshiro 1943 births Living people People from Saitama (city) University of Tokyo alumni Recipients of the Olympic Order Recipients of the Paralympic Order