Japanese finance minister Suzuki remarks:
- Govt will debate fate of BOJ-govt joint statement with new BOJ governor, so premature to comment on specifics
- Govt, BOJ share view achieving wage hikes important
- Current joint statement stipulates BOJ goal of achieving price rises accompanied by wage hike
- It's the goal of the government to achieve pace of wage rises higher than that of inflation
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