Financial Regulatory Forum

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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TOKYO, Sept 15 (Reuters) – Japan’s incoming government has picked a 72-year-old veteran politician and former police official to take charge of financial supervision in the world’s second-largest economy, public broadcaster NHK said on Tuesday.

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