they are himino ryozo and current boj executive director uchida shinichi.ffice on the 20th. they all serve five-year terms. >>> friday also saw policymakers unanimously agree to leave the central bank's monetary easing program unchanged. the announcement followed their two-day meeting. the boj will keep the short-term interest rate in negative territory. it'll also continue asset purchases to hold long-term rates at around 0%. the yield on the japanese bond will be around a range of plus or minus half a percentage point. last december, the policymakers widened the range to the current level to correct a side effect caused by ultra loose monetary policy. upper pressure has remained on long-term interest rates on the expectation the bank will further raise the cap. after at announcement, investors bought back bonds, bringing the ten-year yield down to 0.385% at one stage. >>> now, the meeting is the last one for governor kuroda haruhiko. reflecting on the last ten years, he called monetary easing a success and said the potential of japan's economy had been fu