Japan's newly appointed Financial Services and Postal Services Minister Shizuka Kamei speaks during a news conference at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo September 16, 2009. REUTERS/Issei Kato By David Dolan and Noriyuki Hirata
TOKYO, Sept 19 (Reuters) – Japan’s new banking minister said his plan to freeze the repayment of bank loans to help debt-burdened individuals and small companies would be a positive for the banks, even as investors have fled financial stocks.

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