Fujimori to stay in Japan until Nov 22

A smiling President Alberto Fujimori of Peru arrived in Tokyo on Friday

LIMA, Peru (Reuters) - Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori will stay in Japan until Nov. 22 to continue negotiations on securing aid to ease budgetary pressures, the official state gazette said on Saturday.

A supreme resolution signed by Prime Minister Federico Salas said Fujimori "should stay in Japan until Nov. 22 to continue his negotiations to secure a credit from that country aimed at balancing the budget for 2001."

Japan's Jiji news agency said earlier that Fujimori had been due to leave Tokyo on Saturday but "is likely to stay longer due to his health condition."

It was not clear when Fujimori would return from Japan and no one was immediately available at the government palace for comment.

Fujimori was heavily criticized for flying to Asia on trade trips this week despite an intensifying nine-week-old political crisis at home that has forced him to announce he will step down in July after elections four years early.

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