This was a year whose high points included Joan Jonas’s luminous survey, the extravaganza “PST ART,” and the 24-karat beauty of a show “Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300-1350.” ...

In tightening policy in July, Ueda said the BOJ would raise rates further if inflation remains on track to durably hit its 2% target in coming years, as the board projects.

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In 2010, Ueda returned to Makinohara to deliver a lecture on Japan’s economic challenges at the invitation of then-mayor Shigeki Nishihara, who is also a distant relative of his.