Gov't to continue debt-cutting efforts: MOF official

Gov't to continue debt-cutting efforts: MOF official

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's new Vice Finance Minister Koichi Hosokawa speaks during an interview with Kyodo News on July 2. He indicated that the government will continue trimming spending and curbing the issuance of government bonds in a bid to reduce the balance of government debt, which has swelled to 483 trillion yen.

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