TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan named fiery Deputy Prime Minister Naoto Kan as finance minister on Wednesday, turning to a politician with less hawkish fiscal views than his predecessor and leaving bond markets unsure the heavily indebted government would hold down spending.
Kan, who takes over after 77-year-old Hirohisa Fujii stepped down for health reasons, is a critic of the Bank of Japan for being too rosy in its view of the economy and has pressured the central bank into easing its already hyper-loose monetary policy.