TOKYO (Reuters) - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said he told Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday that inflation is slowing due to a decline in oil prices but there is no change in the long-term rising trend for consumer prices as the economy improves.
Kuroda, speaking to reporters after the meeting, said he also told Abe that the economy remains on a gradual recovery path.
Kuroda said Monday's meeting was part of a series of regular meetings between the two to exchange views on the economy.
(Reporting by Stanley White; Editing by Edmund Klamann and Eric Meijer)
