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The government of Japan continued on Thursday to pressure the country's central bank to reduce interest rates even further than the current historic low of 1%. Japanese Deputy Prime Minister Naoto Kan said a weaker currency is "favorable" and he expressed satisfaction that the yen has fallen back...

The Bank of Japan (www.boj) board members have re-ititerated their stance that they needed to assure investors that interest rates would stay low even after they end emergency programs to facilitate corporate funding, minutes show. According to the Central for Japan, "It was most important that the...