Japanese to head IMF Asia office

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday named Akira Ariyoshi, a senior Japanese finance ministry official, as the new director of the fund's regional office for Asia and the Pacific.
Ariyoshi, the ministry's deputy director-general of international bureau, succeeds Hiroyuki Hino at the Tokyo-based regional office, an IMF statement said.
The office monitors regional economic and financial developments, promotes regional dialogue on current issues in the international financial system and facilitates the fund's involvement at the regional level, the statement said.