[governor of the Bank of Japan: rising prices impose a considerable burden on the people] on May 26, Kazuo Ueda, governor of the Bank of Japan, said in an interview on 25 May that record price increases "have placed a considerable burden on all citizens." At the same time, he believes that the price targets put forward by the Japanese government and the Bank of Japan have not been met continuously and steadily, emphasizing the posture of continuing large-scale monetary easing.