• Says cannot say definitely whether economy is shrinking.
• Says has sense of crisis over Japan economy.
• Must pass deficit bond bill soon.
• Will discuss global economy with Fed, ECB today.
• Government will work together with BOJ to beat deflation.
• Must be vigilant to overseas slowdown, market moves as they are posing downward pressure on Japan’s economy.
• Unthinkable to not talk about strong yen pain on Japan exports in meetings with Fed’s Bernanke, ECB’s Draghi.
• Government will continue to ask the BOJ to pursue powerful monetary easing, achieve its 1% inflation target.
• PM Noda has pledged to pull Japan out of deflation within a year, BOJ has crucial role to play in achieving this.