Although Japan has stopped sinking into its deepest recession since World War II, the economy still is shaky and must be handled with care, Yoshimasa Hayashi, the new economic and fiscal policy minister, said Thursday.
“Although (the economy) has bottomed out, it is still very low,” Hayashi told his first news conference.
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