Despite being a fiscal hawk, newly appointed Finance Minister Kaoru Yosano appears positive about taking additional measures to juice the economy.
"Under these economic conditions, my duty is to think about how to confront the economic crisis," Yosano told a news conference Tuesday evening after his predecessor, Shoichi Nakagawa, suddenly resigned.
"We should decide things by comprehensively considering the opinions of all people, in economic, academic and opinion circles," Yosano said.