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"Despite the unprecedented major earthquake and subsequent disasters and despite the fact that Japan's fiscal condition remains severe, it was still possible to issue (government) securities at low interest rates in a stable manner," Shirakawa said in a speech at a seminar.
"This was possible partly because the markets have confidence that the aim of Japan's monetary policy is not to facilitate government financing," he told the seminar, hosted by the Institute of Regulation and Risk North Asia.