BANK OF JAPAN MINUTES SHOW MEMBERS CONCURRED THAT FX VOLATILITY IMPACTS THE ECONOMY AND PRICES MORE THAN BEFORE AS FIRMS INCREASE PASS-THROUGH OF RISING IMPORT COSTS, WITH ONE MEMBER NOTING RISING UPSIDE PRICE RISKS AS A WEAK YEN AND MIDDLE EAST EVENTS COULD BOOST INFLATION EXPECTATIONS, AND SOME SAYING THE BANK MUST SIGNAL ITS FOCUS ON UPSIDE INFLATION RISKS MORE CLEARLY.