TOKYO, April 12 (Reuters) - Former Bank of Japan
Governor Haruhiko Kuroda has received a job offer from a
prestigious university in Tokyo, days after retiring from the
helm of the central bank, a university official told Reuters on
Wednesday.
Kuroda will become a senior academic fellow at National
Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), a job aimed at
making use of his rich experience for teaching students, many of
whom are from Asia, the official said.
"We have commissioned the post of senior fellow to Kuroda as
of yesterday. His job is based on basic research, but he will
also give lectures from autumn, as per his intention," Takahiro
Okamoto, a GRIPS official told Reuters, adding that details have
not yet been decided.
Kuroda could not be immediately reached for comment.
Kuroda served as BOJ governor from March 2013 to April 8,
after having been the Asian Development Bank president and
Japanese vice finance minister for international affairs.
(Reporting by Yoshifumi Takemoto; Writing by Tetsushi
Kajimoto)
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