日本财务大臣加藤胜信周三表示，日本经济正经历由进口成本上升推动的物价上涨，并处于向由工资上涨驱动的持续通胀阶段转变的关口。
Japan's economy is seeing price rises driven by higher import costs and on the cusp of shifting to a period of sustained inflation driven by rising wages, Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said on Wednesday.
加藤胜信在国会表示，政府计划的消费税减税和发放补贴旨在缓冲生活成本上涨给家庭带来的冲击。
The government's scheduled consumption tax cut and payouts are aimed at cushioning the blow to households from rising living costs, Katayama told parliament.
当被一名议员问及政府的减税计划是否可能与央行通过加息抑制通胀的努力产生冲突时，加藤胜信说：“我们正在与日本央行就各个方面交换意见。我看不出政府观点与日本央行观点之间存在差距。”
"We are exchanging views with the Bank of Japan on various fronts. I see no gap between the view of the government and that of the BOJ," Katayama said when asked by a lawmaker whether the government's tax cut plan could conflict with the central bank's efforts to combat inflation with interest rate hikes.