Bank of Japan to Hold Board Meeting at 1 p.m. Tomorrow

By Mayumi Otsuma

Dec. 1 (Bloomberg) -- The Bank of Japan will hold an emergency board meeting at 1 p.m. in Tokyo tomorrow to discuss measures to help companies obtain funds.

Governor Masaaki Shirakawa will speak to reporters at 3:30 p.m., the central bank said in a statement on its Web site.

To contact the reporter on this story: Mayumi Otsuma in Tokyo at motsuma@bloomberg.net