BOJ Kuroda: excessive yen gains could affect inflation trend - WSJ

By Kaori Kaneko and Stanley White TOKYO (Reuters) - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said inflation could be affected if the yen continued to rise excessively, leading to further easing measures to meet the central bank's price target, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. Kuroda also told the paper that the BOJ was not targeting the exchange rate but that he would continue to monitor the yen's movements. Kuroda's comments on how the yen could affect inflation and monetary policy ar