TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's next Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, buoyed by a landslide election victory, piled pressure on the central bank on Monday as it prepared for a policy meeting, saying voters had overwhelmingly backed his call for more aggressive monetary stimulus.
Abe said once he formed his cabinet on December 26, he would instruct ministers to produce a joint statement with the Bank of Japan that will give it a 2 percent inflation target, double the current goal.
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