Kazuo Ueda has been discharged from hospital, the Bank of Japan said. The 74-year-old governor was admitted on June 9 for treatment of a liver cyst infection.
The Bank of Japan announced the discharge on June 19. Ueda did not attend a policy meeting held earlier that week due to his hospitalization.
The governor is 74 years old. His treatment addressed a liver cyst infection that required hospital care starting June 9.
The town assembly in Hachirogata, Akita Prefecture, has removed its 72-year-old mayor. The mayor has been unable to work for months after suffering a brain hemorrhage.
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A panel has called on the Bank of Japan to proceed carefully with any interest rate increases.
Police in Izumi, Osaka Prefecture, arrested a 51-year-old unemployed man on Friday for the suspected murder of his 41-year-old former girlfriend and her 76-year-old mother last month. Teruyuki Sugihira, from Sakai City, admitted stabbing Yuka Murakami and hinted at killing her mother Kazuko on April 8. The pair had dated for over eight years until around March this year.