The government will soon form a council consisting of the Bank of Japan governor and Cabinet ministers to devise measures to stave off a financial crisis, the government's top spokesman said Thursday.
"The government and the BOJ need to adopt a unified posture and coordinate their opinions" prior to an economic crisis, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda told a news conference.
The council may be set up this month, Fukuda said.
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