Moody's cuts rating on Japan sovereign debt by 1 notch

Moody's cuts rating on Japan sovereign debt by 1 notch

TOKYO, Japan - Thomas Byrne, a senior vice president of Moody's Investors Service Inc., holds a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 1, 2014, after the U.S. rating agency revised downward its credit rating on Japanese sovereign bonds by one notch to A1 from Aa3 with stable outlook, citing uncertainty over the nation's ability to restore its fiscal health.

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