Achieving a primary surplus by fiscal 2011 is not the most important goal for Prime Minister Taro Aso's administration, finance and financial services minister Shoichi Nakagawa said in an interview Friday.
While the government hasn't given up on the objective, Nakagawa stressed that a primary surplus "is not the only and the most important goal."
Nakagawa said he would instead try to attempt two goals at the same time — shoring up the economy and restoring a primary surplus.