AKITA, Japan (Reuters) - Bank of Japan board member Asahi Noguchi said on Thursday the central bank must keep interest rates ultra-low as the country has yet to achieve the bank's 2% inflation target in a sustainable fashion.
"While not as much as other countries, Japan's consumer prices have risen sharply. This increase is driven mostly by rising imported goods prices," Noguchi said in a speech to business leaders in Akita, northern Japan.
"What's more important in deciding monetary policy is trend inflation based on domestic macro-economic factors, which remains at low levels," he said.
(Reporting by Leika Kihara; Editing by Shri Navaratnam)
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