MOF cuts economic assessments for all 11 regions

TOKYO, Japan - Senior Vice Finance Minister Koichi Hirata (second from right) delivers a speech at a meeting of the heads of regional financial bureaus held at the Finance Ministry on Oct. 29. The ministry downgraded its economic assessments for all of Japan's 11 regions for the July-September period from the previous quarter, the first across-the-board evaluation cut in 10 years. (Kyodo)

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