Yasushi Mieno (三重野 康, Mieno Yasushi, March 17, 1924 – April 15, 2012) was a Japanese businessman, central banker, the 26th Governor of the Bank of Japan (BOJ) and a Director of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS).
[3] From April 1975 through February 1978, Mieno was head of the BOJ banking department.
[4] Starting a week after his appointment, from late December 1989 until August 1990, BOJ heavily increased interest rates.
[1] On April 15, 2012, Mieno died from heart failure in a Tokyo hospital.
[2] In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Yasushi Mieno, OCLC/WorldCat encompasses roughly 7 works in 10 publications in 2 languages and 50+ library holdings.