The column recounts a scene during the Asian financial crisis nearly 30 years ago in which a BOJ official reportedly referred to history while pointing to a portrait, highlighting the story that two governors in the 1930s would later be assassinated.
A Nikkei columnist looks back on a BOJ press conference held amid the Asian financial crisis nearly 30 years ago, describing a scene in which someone pointed to portraits of the BOJ governors at the time.
The account says it was remarked that Inoue Junnosuke (井上準之助) and Takahashi Korekiyo (高橋是清) would later be assassinated, suggesting the backdrop of the turmoil at the time and the rise of fascism.