Japan MoF may alter bond auction dates to avoid BoJ meetings.

(From AFX Europe (Focus))

TOKYO (XFN-ASIA) - The Ministry of Finance may consider changing the already published schedules of bond auctions to avoid clashing with the Bank of Japan's policy board meetings, but has no specific plans to do so for the next few months, a ministry official said.

"As a principle, we may consider changing the auction dates for government bonds and bills that fall on BoJ policy meetings if there is a request from market participants, but we want to be flexible about it," the MoF official …