bank and the government are moving toward closer collaboration, economic revitalization minister akira amarias decided to attend next week's b.o.j. meeting. amari is expected to inform the central bank that the government plans to do its best in achieving economic growth. it's also anticipated he may urge the central bank to work on bold measures for more monetary easing. generally, senior cabinet membs and not a minister attend the b.o.j. policy board meeting. more business headlines for you next hour. here's a check on markets. ♪ ♪ >>> japanese prime minister shinzo abe is setting off on his first overseas trip since taking office last month. he's taking a tour of southeast asian countries. abe will make stops in vietnam, thailand, and indonesia. government officials say he's trying to organize a coordinated response to chinese maritime activities. they say he wants to work with other leaders touaraeeree and safe navigation through the east china sea and the south china sea. the officials say abe and his counterparts will discuss intrusions by chinese ships into japanese waters near the se

akira amari. >> i would like to commend akira amari in the government and the bank of japan for their commitment. the importance of that and managing expectations and the second point is about the operation of having independent -- operational independence with a mandate and i will give you three cases. but the responsibility of the central bank is is to determine the have to take into account issues such as trevor has raised about the broader impact on the economy and the impact on financial durability, including global and financial considerations so if you're in the case of my central bank and you are returning to inflation and you have a potential issue with household credit, you might take a little bit longer to get that back to 2%. the policy might be a little bit tighter support these measures. you might take a little longer to get back, given the issues that trevor was flagging. if you're coming from below, and you have potential global spillovers, that might also factor in to your reaction function at a time. of which you seek to achieve it. the central bank needs to make tha