Japan Offers a Plan to Kick-Start Its Economy







Prime Minister Naoto Kan speaks to the press after

a meeting with the central bank governor on Monday

in Tokyo.


菅直人首相は経済閣僚委員会と会談の後、記者団と話した。


TOKYO


Japan promised a host of measures on Monday in

a bid to kick-start its faltering economy and temper

a punishingly strong yen.


Prime Minister Naoto Kan proposed new stimulus

steps, while the Bank of Japan, under pressure

from the government, eased its already easy monetary

policy.





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