Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa on Tuesday said Japan's economy has hit bottom, citing improvements in exports, the price trend and the job situation.
"I think the economy has hit bottom when assessing various (statistics) comprehensively," Shiokawa told a regular news conference.
Shiokawa acknowledged, however, that the pace of economic structural reforms is slow, as indicated by foreign credit-rating agencies.
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