Members of Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's Cabinet discussed Friday potential adverse impact on the Japanese economy from the recent sharp rise in the yen to the U.S. dollar, fueling expectations that the government will draw up measures in an envisaged stimulus package to ease the tension in the foreign exchange market.

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