TOKYO&nbsp;(Reuters) - Former Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko&nbsp;Kuroda&nbsp;has received a&nbsp;job&nbsp;offer from a prestigious&nbsp;university&nbsp;in&nbsp;Tokyo, days after retiring from the helm of the central bank, a&nbsp;university&nbsp;official told Reuters on Wednesday.
Kuroda&nbsp;will become a senior academic fellow at National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), a&nbsp;job&nbsp;aimed at making use of his rich&nbsp;experience for teaching students, many of whom are from Asia, the official said.
"We have commissioned the post of senior fellow to&nbsp;Kuroda&nbsp;as of yesterday. His&nbsp;job&nbsp;is based on basic research, but he will also give lectures from autumn, as per his intention," Takahiro Okamoto, a GRIPS official told Reuters, adding that details have not yet been decided.
Kuroda&nbsp;could not be immediately reached for comment.
Kuroda&nbsp;served as&nbsp;BOJ&nbsp;governor from March 2013 to April 8, after having been the Asian Development Bank president and Japanese vice finance minister for international affairs.
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(Reporting by Yoshifumi Takemoto; Writing by Tetsushi Kajimoto)

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