
TOKYO -- Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda vowed on Thursday to maintain the central bank's monetary stimulus to support a budding economic recovery from the coronavirus-induced recession.
Kuroda stressed the effectiveness of the monetary stimulus in supporting the economy. "The financial markets are no longer in a tense condition, as they once were, even though there is still some nervousness," Kuroda said at a news conference following the bank's two-day monetary policy meeting.