Taku Yamasaki, secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, said Wednesday he will ask Bank of Japan Gov. Masaru Hayami to ease monetary policy further to prevent the economy from decelerating.
"I think there is no choice but to ease monetary policy," Yamasaki said.
He plans to make the request at today's meeting of ministers in charge of economic affairs and top ruling coalition policymakers.
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