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Bank of Japan's governor Shirakawa is to visit next Japan PM Abe at party headquarters at 0400GMT/1300JST, according to Jiji

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- JPY weakness has been observed across the board, with USD/JPY trading at session highs, trades 84.07 (+17 pips) last.

Print 03:38, 18 Dec 2012 - Asian News - Source: Jiji