Haruhiko Kuroda: Japan’s economy and monetary policy Speech by Mr Haruhiko Kuroda, Governor of the Bank of Japan, at a meeting with business leaders, Osaka, 28 September 2015. *  *  *  Introduction It is my great pleasure to have the opportunity today to exchange views with a distinguished gathering of business leaders in Kansai.
I would like to take this opportunity to express my sincerest gratitude for your cooperation with the Bank of Japan’s branches in Osaka, Kobe, and Kyoto. Looking at the recent economic developments, the slowdown in emerging economies, particularly China, has led to the sluggishness in Japan’s exports and production. Financial markets globally were volatile against the background of the decline in Chinese stock prices.