| Yasushi Mieno | |
| Native Name: | 三重野 康 |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Office: | 26th Governor of the Bank of Japan |
| Term Start: | 17 December 1989 |
| Term End: | 16 December 1994 |
| Primeminister: | Toshiki Kaifu Kiichi Miyazawa Morihiro Hosokawa Tsutomu Hata Tomiichi Murayama |
| Predecessor: | Satoshi Sumita |
| Successor: | Yasuo Matsushita |
| Birth Date: | 17 March 1924 |
| Birth Place: | Ōita, Japan |
| Alma Mater: | Tokyo Imperial University |
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).[1] [2]
From April 1975 through February 1978, Mieno was head of the BOJ banking department.[4]
Mieno was BOJ Governor from December 17, 1989, to December 16, 1994,[5] having previously served as Deputy Governor from 1984 to 1989.[4] Starting a week after his appointment, from late December 1989 until August 1990, BOJ heavily increased interest rates. Soon the Japanese asset price bubble of the 1980s collapsed.[6]
In 1994, he was an elected member of the BIS Board of Directors.[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.[7]