On the 14th of final week, the federal government submitted to the Diet a plan to nominate economist Kazuo Ueda, a former deliberative committee member of the Bank of Japan, to succeed Kuroda as Governor of the Bank of Japan. He additionally proposes to nominate Shinichi Uchida, a member of the Board of Governors of the Bank of Japan, and Ryozo Himino, former Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency, as the 2 deputy governors. On the twenty fourth, the Steering Committee of the House of Representatives will take heed to the opinions of three candidates for the governor and vice governor and ask questions. We will inform you of the beliefs and questions of the three members in a flash report on this timeline.