PM Kan meets with business leaders over surging yen

PM Kan meets with business leaders over surging yen

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) shakes hands with Hiromasa Yonekura, chairman of the Japan Business Federation at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Aug. 25, 2010. Yonekura, along with Tadashi Okamura (2nd from L), chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and Masamitsu Sakurai (L), chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, asked Kan to take decisive measures to counter the sharp rise of the yen and the recent steep fall of the stock market, including currency market intervention and faster implementation of the government's growth strategy. (Kyodo)

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