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Japan finmin: Japan economy worsening, eyeing mkts

Mon Oct 6, 2008 9:22pm EDT

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TOKYO, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Japanese Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa said Japan's economy was worsening and he was vigilant over recent movements in financial markets.

"I am vigilant over recent financial conditions in the United States and Europe as well as their economies, and over stock and currency movements, which are reflecting those situations," Nakagawa told a parliamentary committee. (Reporting by Yoko Nishikawa; Editing by Rodney Joyce)

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