StatSci alum Jouchi Nakajima (Ph.D. 2012) has moved to a new position in the Bank of Japan. Jouchi is now Deputy Director in the Global Economic Research Division of the BoJ's International Department. In addition to running and directing research, Jouchi is in charge of forecasting the global economy (up to a 3-year horizon)- i.e. making predictions on which the Bank's macroeconomic forecasts of the Japanese economy are based.
