WHISTLER, British Columbia (Reuters) – Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Saturday there were recently “some weaknesses” in the country’s price growth despite a continued moderate expansion in the economy.

“It’s true there are some weaknesses in price moves,” though they were mostly due to temporary factors, Kuroda told a news conference after attending the Group of Seven finance leaders’ gathering in the Canadian mountain resort of Whistler.

“The economy is sustaining its momentum to achieve the BOJ’s 2 percent inflation target,” he said.

(Reporting by Leika Kihara; Editing by Paul Simao)