Japan’s central bank still has room to increase monetary stimulus and doesn’t intend to reduce its bond-buying program soon, Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said in an interview. “For the time being, we keep the long-term interest rate around zero. If necessary, we could reduce the target rate of the 10-year Japanese government bond even lower than zero percent,” Kuroda said on Saturday, speaking with Bloomberg Television’s Francine Lacqua. “If necessary, we can reduce both the short end and long end of interest rates.” Kuroda spoke weeks after he led the Bank of Japan to shift its stimulus program away from pre-set ... (full story)