Japan is crafting ways of using the $1.2 trillion it holds in currency reserves, the world's second-largest, to help bolster its role in international finance as economic stagnation diminishes its share of global output.
Last month, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda sealed an agreement in New Delhi making about $15 billion of Japan's reserves available to India if needed. Noda also oversaw a deal with China in the same month to expand use of the yuan and yen in bilateral trade and purchase Chinese bonds. At home, officials are deploying ¥10 trillion in a fund aiding companies in overseas acquisitions. (Japan Times)
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