TOKYO, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama appointed veteran lawmaker Hirohisa Fujii as finance minister after taking office on Wednesday, a choice that soothed some analysts concerns that the new government's spending plans will inflate huge public debt.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirofumi Hirano confirmed the appointment.
Fujii, 77, a fiscal conservative who has expressed concern about the size of Japan's public debt, is a 20-year veteran of the finance ministry and served as minister in the early 1990s.
Fujii's caution over intervening in currency markets and his backing for ultra-loose monetary policy means he is seen as a technocrat who is unlikely to rock markets.
Hatoyama's Democratic Party of Japan defeated the Liberal Democratic Party in an election on Aug. 30 to oust the long-ruling LDP for only the second time in its 54-year history. (Reporting by Stanley White; Editing by Michael Watson)