Japan's Kan:Will prepare fisal reform plan next year

Published: 03 Nov 2009 21:09:45 PST

TOKYO, Nov 4 - Japanese Strategy Minister Naoto Kan said on Wednesday that the government would aim to come up with a medium-term fiscal reform plan around May or June next year.

"We will publish the guidelines for the multiple-year budget and medium-term fiscal framework sometime around May or June," Kan, who is also Deputy Prime Minister, told the budget committee of the parliament's lower house.