Japan's Aso: up to BOJ to decide monetary policy
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Friday that it was up to the Bank of Japan to decide monetary policy and that the government had no intention to meddle with it.
Aso was speaking to reporters after a cabinet meeting as the central bank holds a crucial policy meeting on Friday.
The BOJ is expected to hold monetary policy steady even while diluting its rosy inflation projections.
(Reporting by Yuko Yoshikawa; Writing by Tetsushi Kajimoto; Editing by Chang-Ran Kim)
