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Tokyo, Jumada I 09, 1434, March 21, 2013, SPA -- The newly installed governor of Japan's central bank said Thursday that he plans to whatever he can to end deflation and break the economy out of the doldrums, AP reported.
After a meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Haruhiko Kuroda told reporters he had reiterated his pledge to "do everything we can to get the economy out of deflation."
Abe and some experts view years of falling prices, which tend to discourage corporate investment, as a key reason for Japan's economic stagnation over the past two decades. However there are doubts about how much looser monetary policy can help after years of near-zero interest rates.
Kuroda took office on Wednesday, succeeding Masaaki Shirakawa, who stepped down three weeks before his five-year term was to end.
Kuroda, a Finance Ministry veteran who most recently headed the Asian Development Bank, has firmly backed Abe's economic strategy including setting a 2 percent inflation target which he says he hopes to meet within two years.

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Seoul, Rajab 9, 1434, May 19, 2013, SPA - North Korea on Sunday launched a short-range missile into the Sea of Japan, the South Korean news agency 'Yonhap' reported, citing the military. The North had fired three short-range guided missiles into the sea on Saturday....
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Jeddah, Rajab 9, 1434, May 19, 2013, SPA -- Prince Mishaal bin Majed bin Abdulaziz, Governor of Jeddah, received here today the President of Bureau of Investigation and Public Prosecution, Sheikh Mohammed bin Fahd Al Abdullah. During the meeting, they reviewed the Bureau's...
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Moscow, Rajab 9, 1434, May 19, 2013, SPA - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is holding out hope that an international conference to negotiate a peaceful resolution to the Syrian civil war will be held in early June. The U.S. and Russia have agreed to try to bring the regime and opposition...
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Jeddah, Rajab 9, 1434, May 19, 2013, SPA -- The Minister of Hajj, Dr. Bandar bin Mohammed Hajjar, received here today the Chairman of Indonesian-Saudi-Parliamentary Friendship Committee Hijria Nto Yassin Tharri and his accompanying delegation currently on a visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia....
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Kuwait City, Rajab 9, 1434, May 19, 2013, SPA -- Prince Saud Al-Faisal, Minister of Foreign Affairs, has sent a message to Kuwait's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. The Kuwaiti news agency "KUNA" said the message dealt with the...
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