BOJ's Kuroda urges G20 steps on financial stability, hails tax deal

TOKYO, July 11 (Reuters) - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Saturday he called on finance ministers and central bank leaders from the Group of 20 to take further steps on financial stability.

Kuroda and Finance Minister Taro Aso welcomed an agreement on Saturday by the G20 finance leaders on global taxation, saying it was in line with Tokyo's long-standing calls for a revamp to take into account economic changes caused by digitalisation.

"This is a deal that overhauls rules that lasted for a century," Kuroda told a news conference after attending the finance leaders' meeting in Venice.

"This is a breakthrough not just in terms of substance but from a historical perspective," he said. (Reporting by Leika Kihara in Tokyo Editing by Frances Kerry)