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TOKYO, March 17 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Finance Minister Naoto Kan said Wednesday the Bank of Japan's decision to further ease its monetary policy is welcomed. Kan made the remarks after the central bank decided Wednesday to double the size of its three ...  

TOKYO, March 17 (Reuters) - Finance Minister Naoto Kan said on Wednesday he welcomed the Bank of Japan's decision at its board meeting earlier, saying the government and the central bank were working towards a common goal of beating deflation. He ...  

TOKYO, March 17 (Reuters) - Japanese Finance Minister Naoto Kan said on Wednesday he thinks the Bank of Japan understands the government's expectations on monetary policy as expressed in parliamentary debate. "I won't say too much as the BOJ is ...  

TOKYO, March 16 (Reuters) - Japanese Finance Minister Naoto Kan said on Tuesday that he was closely watching the Bank of Japan's two-day policy meeting that ends on Wednesday. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve is expected to hold interest ...  

TOKYO, March 16 (Reuters) - Japanese Finance Minister Naoto Kan said on Tuesday that stimulating demand is necessary for the country to pull out of deflation. WASHINGTON/SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp said on Monday it had found no evidence ...  

TOKYO, March 15 (AP) - (Kyodo)—(EDS: ADDING DETAILS) Economy minister Naoto Kan said Monday he does not yet think Japan is on a solid recovery path, despite the government's first upgrade of ...  

TOKYO, March 12 (Reuters) - The Japanese government and the Bank of Japan basically share the same goal of seeing prices rise, Finance Minister Naoto Kan said on Friday. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chances of a broad overhaul of U.S. financial regulation ...  

Finance Minister Naoto Kan said Friday he believes the Japanese government paid more than a total of $320 million for costs related to the 1972 reversion of Okinawa under "a secret pact in a broad sense" with the United States. But Kan said the ...  

Japan's Kan: econ recovery not yet self-sustainingReutersTOKYO, March 12 (Reuters) - Japanese Finance Minister Naoto Kan said on Friday the economy has shown some improvement but it is not yet showing a ...Japan Finance Minister: Can't Say Japan Recovery Sustainable YetWall Street JournalJapan growth revised down, as deflation deepensMarketWatchJapan's 4Q growth weaker than first estimatedThe Associated PressBBC News -BusinessWeek...  

Finance Minister Naoto Kan's readiness to debate the first consumption tax increase since 1997 signals the risk of a fiscal crisis may be weighing heavier with policymakers than the danger such a levy hike might pose to economic growth. A government tax panel will convene in the coming weeks to review changes and hear recommendations from a private-sector board, after Kan last month urged discussing the sales levy. He had previously focused...  

TOKYO -(Dow Jones)- Japan Finance Minister Naoto Kan Friday said he hasn't received any messages from the Bank of Japan regarding its reported planned policy action. "I haven't heard such a message directly from the BOJ. But both the government and ...  

Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, right, and Finance Minister Naoto Kan bow as the lower house of Parliament approved a supplementary budget containing stimulus measures to shore up the weak economy during a plenary session in Tokyo, Japan, Monday, Jan. 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)  

The Bank of Japan should strive to end deflation this year, Naoto Kan, the Japanese finance minister, said on Monday, in comments that underscore the government’s view that the central bank could do...  

Finance Minister Naoto Kan said Sunday the Tax Commission is preparing to start discussions on drastic tax reform as early as next month with the eventual goal of raising the consumption tax. Kan said he was willing to start "a full-fledged debate on taxes, including income, corporate and sales" taxes, in March, when the fiscal 2010 budget bill is expected to have cleared the Diet.  

IQALUIT, Canada (Kyodo) Japanese Finance Minister Naoto Kan said Saturday that Cabinet members should serve for at least three or four years to give Japan more of a presence on the international stage. "It would be difficult to engage in frank discussions" with other world leaders if ministers in Japan are changing over and over, Kan told a news conference after the two-day finance meeting of the Group of Seven industrial powers in Canada's...