BOJ policy board member Junko Nakagawa speaks at 2240 US Eastern time / 0320 GMT

Junko Nakagawa voted with the majority at the October 30/31 Bank of Japan meeting to hold short term raters steady at 0.5%

  • The two dissenters, Hajime Takata and Naoki Tamura, proposed raising the rate to 0.75%

Ahead of Nakagawa:

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Nakagawa was formerly chairperson of Japan's Nomura Asset Management., is also considered a neutral.

BoJ's Nakagawa
BoJ's Nakagawa