Second, the Japanese Ministry of Finance today disclosed that China has increased its holding of Japanese bonds.

第二，日本财务省今天公布，中国增持了日本国债。

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China's JGB purchases mark a turnaround from last year, when China sold a net 80.2 billion yen of Japanese securities, according to the data from Japan's Finance Ministry.

据日本财务省的数据，中国购买日本国债的做法与去年大相径庭，当时中国净出售了802亿日圆日本国债。

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The main obstacle in the way of more flexibility has been the Japanese finance ministry.

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The Japanese finance ministry certainly knows a thing or two about such matters.

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This is because in recent years the Japanese Finance Ministry has taken to using the most conservative possible methods to calculate growth.

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