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• n  a city on western Hokkaido that is the center of a fertile agricultural area

• Asahikawa

News & Articles

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• BOJ Shirai says JGB yields to stabilize, signals no new steps
  By Leika Kihara Asahikawa, JAPAN (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan expects bond yields to stabilize over time with its flexible market operations and massive asset purchases, a central bank policymaker said, signaling that it has no immediate plans to take fresh steps to calm volatile markets. Sayuri Shirai, a former IMF economist who is among the BOJ's nine board members, said it was natural and ...
  June 13, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News