The fading shadow of reflationists in the Bank of Japan, and the latest addition to the board of an academic favouring an end to ultra-low interest rates, will likely bring the central bank's thinking closer to global peers taking a more conventional approach on monetary policy.

The Japanese government has nominated Junko Koeda, a political science and economics professor at Waseda University, to join the Bank of Japans (BOJ) nine-member board. Koedas appointment comes at a pivotal time as the

By Makiko Yamazaki, Yoshifumi Takemoto and Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's government on Tuesday nominated Junko Koeda, an academic who had warned of the cost of prolonged monetary easing, to join the Bank of Japan board in March,