TOKYO—Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Monday it was too early to consider normalizing monetary policy, bolstering the view that the Japanese central bank would lag behind other central banks in dialing back monetary stimulus. Kuroda made the remark as the Bank of England last week became the first G7 central bank to embark on rate increases, and the Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank (ECB) have shifted away from monetary stimulus. The BOJ’s assets have grown the equivalent of 135 percent of GDP, far exceeding 36 percent for the Fed and 66 percent for ECB, as of September 2021, Kuroda said, pledging to conduct appropriate policy taking its financial health into account. “I don’t think expansion of the BOJ’s assets will affect our ability to keep monetary policy and financial system stable,” Kuroda told parliament. With U.S. consumer inflation accelerating to 7 percent and the euro …