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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Prime Minister Fumio Kishida defended Japan's monetary easing policy during an election debate with leaders of other parties on June 21. © Reuters