BOJ's Shirakawa to visit New York Dec 3-7

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TOKYO Dec 3 (Reuters) - Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa will visit the United States to attend a forum from Thursday to next Monday, a central bank official said.

Shirakawa will attend "The Group of Thirty Plenary Meeting" in New York. The event is closed to media and no further details are available, the official said. (Reporting by Tetsushi Kajimoto) ((tetsushi.kajimoto@thomsonreuters.com; +81 3 6441-1829; Reuters Messaging: tetsushi.kajimoto.reuters.com@reuters.net)) ((If you have a query or comment on this story, send an email to news.feedback.asia@thomsonreuters.com))