Summers urges Japan to promote structural reform

Summers urges Japan to promote structural reform

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers urges Japan to beef up structural reform efforts to put its economy on a full recovery track despite Tokyo's strained national finances. The U.S. top financial official made the request at a press conference at a downtown Tokyo hotel after the one-day meeting of finance ministers and central bankers in Tokyo on Jan. 22.

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