Fuji, the most notable sight in Shizuoka Prefecture, was registered as a World Cultural Heritage in June last year, and an event commemorating Ieyasu Tokugawa, who was the first Shogun of 6  BIS central bankers’ speeches  the Tokugawa government and had a close relationship with Shizuoka Prefecture, 400 years after his death, is scheduled for next year.
The Bank's base-case projection now calls for average annual GDP growth of 2.8 per cent in 2006, 2.5 per cent in 2007, and a return to 2.8 per cent in 2008. Weakness in labour productivity growth has led the Bank to lower its assumption for potential growth to 2.8 per cent for the 2006-08 period.