Haruhiko Kuroda

Haruhiko Kuroda is Senior Fellow at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) and a GSM Distinguished Professor at Kyoto University.

He served as Governor of the Bank of Japan from 2013 to 2023, where he led the country’s monetary policy during a transformative decade for the Japanese economy. Prior to this, he was President of the Asian Development Bank from 2005 to 2013, overseeing the institution’s efforts to promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth across Asia and the Pacific.

Earlier in his career, Dr Kuroda was Special Adviser to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi’s Cabinet while serving as Professor at Hitotsubashi University. He also spent more than three decades at Japan’s Ministry of Finance (1967-2003), specializing in international finance and tax policy. As Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs (1999-2003), he represented Japan at major international forums, including the G7 and G20 meetings.

Dr Kuroda holds a Bachelor of Arts in Law from the University of Tokyo and a Master of Philosophy in Economics from the University of Oxford.