Inflation target can be reached: BOJ chief

BANK of Japan (BOJ) governor Haruhiko Kuroda yesterday voiced fresh confidence that the central bank can achieve its 2 per cent annual inflation target, and that a raft of "supply side" reforms planned this year by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government will also nudge the Japanese economy towards its official growth targets.

Mr Kuroda hinted during a Tokyo seminar that in his view, there may be room for the yen to fall fur…