Japan's Maehara to attend BOJ meeting, step up stimulus pressure
Posted on November 18, 2012 at 20:30 PM EST
TOKYO, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Japanese Economics Minister Seiji Maehara is to attend the Bank of Japan's monetary policy meeting this week, Jiji news agency reported, a sign the government is putting more pressure on the central bank to energise the sluggish economy.