Minoru Kiuchi: ““I understand that we have not yet fully escaped deflation.””

“If you view Abenomics and Sanae-nomics as essentially the same thing, I would appreciate it if you could understand my remarks to mean that the latter is not reflationary policy,” he said.

“The era of ‘Abenomics-style’ reflationary policies — which involved aggressively easing monetary policy and taking a flexible approach to fiscal policy — is over,”