Toshihiko Fukui: The outlook for Japan's economy and the conduct of monetary policy Summary of a speech by Mr Toshihiko Fukui, Governor of the Bank of Japan, to the Naigai Josei Chousa Kai (Research Institute of Japan), Tokyo, 15 May 2006.
*  *  *  Introduction Japan's economy has been recovering for more than four years since the trough in January 2002.