Budget requests by Japanese ministries and agencies for fiscal 2022 totaled 111.66 trillion yen (1 trillion U.S. dollars), marking an all-time high for the fourth year in a row, the Japanese Finance …
Deputy PM Aso praises Suga, says Japan COVID situation ‘resolved in some way or other’
Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Taro Aso has told a Sept. 7 news conference that Japan’s coronavirus situation had been …
Budget requests from Japan ministries top $1 trln in FY2022/23 -MOF
Japan’s combined budget requests from government ministries for next fiscal year topped a record $1 trillion as spending to combat the COVID-19 crisis adds to huge debt-servicing and welfare costs for …
Japan Business Federation seeks quarantine exemption for vaccinated arrivals
This would be a welcome policy for residents while preparing Japan for the reopening of its borders As the country’s vaccine rollout accelerates, Japan has started issuing vaccine passports in paper …
UK aircraft carrier visits Japan for drill amid China worry
Japan’s defense minister on Monday welcomed the British aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth as it made its first Japanese port call, saying the involvement of European nations in the Indo-Pacific …
Japan’s Kono Most Favored to Be Next Prime Minister
A clear front runner has emerged to become Japan’s new prime minister. Former Foreign Minister and current vaccine czar Taro Kono may soon get the backing of his chief rival for LDP leadership.
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Because of Iran’s strategic position in maintaining the flow of war supplies to Russia, and the presence of a considerable number of Germans, Italians and Japanese (some of whom were pursuing …
Japan PM candidate Kishida calls for $270 bln-plus stimulus package -media
TOKYO, Sept 7 (Reuters) – Fumio Kishida, a key contender to succeed Yoshihide Suga as Japan’s prime minister … reaching billions of people worldwide every day. Reuters provides business, financial, …
Japan PM candidate Kishida calls for $270 billion-plus stimulus package -media
Fumio Kishida, a key contender to succeed Yoshihide Suga as Japan’s prime minister, called for compiling a stimulus package of over 30 trillion yen ($273 billion) to cushion the economic blow from the …
Vaccines minister favourite to be Japan’s new leader
Taro Kono, Japan’s vaccine minister, is winning a battle of public opinion in his campaign to become the country’s next prime minister, with polls suggesting t …