Tue Oct 14, 12:31 AM ET TOKYO (AFP) - Japan announced a package of measures Tuesday aimed at supporting the ailing stock market, including a loosening of restrictions on companies buying back their own shares.The moves helped to fuel a powerful rally on the Tokyo stock market, which soared more than 13 percent as investors cheered steps by world governments to try to ease the global financial crisis.
Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa said the measures reflected the Group of Seven rich nations' pledge at the weekend to work together using all available tools to stabilise financial markets.
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