Haruhiko Kuroda becomes less dovish as he leaves the Bank of Japan after a decade of enormous stimulus.

Haruhiko Kuroda adopted a slightly less dovish stance in his farewell speech as the head of Japan's central bank on Friday, concluding a decade of unconventional policy that included a "bazooka" of stimulus aimed at boosting inflation and sustainable growth.

Kuroda, upon handing over the reins of the Bank of Japan to academic Kazuo Ueda, touted the success of his radical easy-money policy, which included a drive to alte....