Japan to back ex-FX tsar Kanda as Asian Development Bank chief, Yomiuri reports

Masatsugu Asakawa, the current president of the Manila-based ADB since 2020 and also previously the top Japanese financial diplomat, plans to step down, the Yomiuri said.

Reuters

September 09, 2024 / 13:37 IST

Japan is set to back the former top financial diplomat Masato Kanda as a candidate for the next president of the Asian Development Bank

Japan is set to back the former top financial diplomat Masato Kanda as a candidate for the next president of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Yomiuri newspaper reported on Monday.

Masatsugu Asakawa, the current president of the Manila-based ADB since 2020 and also previously the top Japanese financial diplomat, plans to step down, the Yomiuri said.

Reuters

first published: Sep 9, 2024 01:37 pm

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