is the former Deputy Governor of the

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Early life

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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Career

Mutō 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. 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. 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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