An avid reader of detective novels, Haruhiko Kuroda may now get a chance to try to unravel the mystery of engineering Japanese economic growth if the Asian Development Bank chief is confirmed as the next Bank of Japan governor. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is expected to nominate the 68-year-old former finance ministry official for the BOJ's top post, sources told Reuters on Monday. Abe is trying to transform the central bank into a bold deflation fighter to revive Japan's stagnant economy. A fluent English speaker with a masters degree from Oxford University, Kuroda served as Japan's top currency diplomat after the ... (full story)