BOJ aiming to create new lending scheme before scheduled rate review in June

TOKYO (Reuters) - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Thursday the central bank will aim to create a scheme rewarding financial institutions to boost lending to small firms, before its next policy-setting meeting in June.At Monday's rate review, Kuroda instructed his staff to work on a new scheme aimed at encouraging financial institutions to boost lending to small firms via government lending programmes.His latest remark suggests the BOJ could hold an unscheduled policy-setting..