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Shirakawa Hopes Yen Sales Will Help Stabilize Currency Market

By Toru Fujioka - 2011-10-31T07:14:12Z

Bank of Japan (8301) Governor Masaaki Shirakawa said he hopes that intervention will help stabilize the foreign-exchange market.

He said in a speech in Osaka today that the European debt crisis was contributing to the yen’s gains.

To contact the reporter on this story: Toru Fujioka in Tokyo at tfujioka1@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Ken McCallum at kmccallum4@bloomberg.net

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