TOKYO -- The Bank of Japan should "maintain the current course" of monetary easing, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said in a debate Tuesday, signaling that he will stand by a policy that rivals criticize as contributing to the yen's dramatic fall.
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Japan PM backs BOJ easy money policy despite yen's fall
Kishida calls for measures to ease food and energy prices instead of rate hike
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida defended Japan's monetary easing policy during an election debate with leaders of other parties on June 21. © Reuters
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