Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda has reaffirmed his commitment to fiscal reforms and warned that taxes will have to rise. He's also reached out to the opposition for help in tackling the multitude of problems facing the country.

During his first policy speech in parliament, Noda said the government and the central bank need to do all they can to tame the yen's strength.

The government has yet to bring the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant under control and Noda needs opposition help to secure the country's biggest rebuilding effort.

The Japanese Prime Minister also stressed that reining in of the public debt, twice the size of the 5 trillion US dollar economy, cannot wait and economic growth is necessary to salvage public finances creaking under the strain of a growing army of retirees.

vivi筆記：

Prime Minister：首相，總理
fiscal reforms：財(cái)政改革
policy speech：施政演說(shuō)
Fukushima nuclear power plant：福島核電站
public debt：公債，國(guó)債
economic growth：經(jīng)濟(jì)增長(zhǎng)
army of retirees：軍隊(duì)離退休人員

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