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BoJ's Ueda to meet with China, S. Korea counterparts

16 October

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The Bank of Japan (BoJ) issued a statement on Wednesday announcing that its Governor Kazuo Ueda will meet with his counterparts from the People's Bank of China (PBoC) and Bank of Korea (BoK), Pan Gongsheng and Rhee Chang-yong, respectively.

Their encounter will be held in China on October 17 and 18.

The meeting will take place amid the ongoing instability of the yen, with Japan and South Korea already discussing the excessive moves in the foreign exchange (FX) market in the recent past.

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