is a

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economist and central banker. He was the 29th Governor of the Bank of Japan (BOJ) and a Director of the

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(BIS).

Early life

Fukui was born in

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Career

Fukui has worked at Japan's central bank for 40 years. His positions included serving as the bank's representative in Paris, heading the research and credit management bureaus, and Executive Director.Belson, Ken
"Japan, Its Finances in Disarray, Picks Old-School Central Banker,"
''New York Times.'' February 25, 2003. He was head of the Banking Department from September 1986 through May 1989.Werner, Richard A. (2003). In 1989, Fukui was promoted to Deputy Governor of BOJ. In 1998, Deputy Governor Fukui resigned in connection with a bribery scandal involving leaks of financially sensitive information. He joined then-Governor Yasuo Matsushita in expressing official remorse by leaving the bank. He then became chairman of the Fujitsu Research Institute, a private policy group. He also became deputy chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives. Fukui was Deputy Governor of BOJ from 2002 through 2003; and he became the new BOJ governor at the end of the five-year term of Masaru Hayami. Fukui served as Governor of the Bank of Japan from March 20, 2003 to March 19, 2008. He resigned in 2008.

Selected works

In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Toshihiko Fukui, OCLC/

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encompasses roughly 1 works in 2 publications in 1 language and 6 library holdings. WorldCat IdentitiesFukui, Toshihiko 福井俊彦 1935-
/ref> * ''Recent developments of the short-term money market in Japan and changes in monetary control techiques icand procedures by the Bank of Japan'' (1986) * 地球温暖化対策中期目標の解說 (2009)

Notes

References

* Ishii, Masayuki and

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(2003). . Tokyo: Appuru Shuppan.
OCLC 54655059
* Werner, Richard A. (2003). ''Princes of the Yen: Japan's Central Bankers and the Transformation of the Economy.'' Armonk, New York: M.E. Sharpe.
OCLC 471605161
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fukui, Toshihiko 1935 births Living people Governors of the Bank of Japan Japanese economists People from Osaka