The Japanese government yesterday unveiled a series of emergency measures to shore up the slumping economy, including an income tax cut, fuel subsidies and government loans to small and medium-size companies, in a stimulus package worth Y11,500bn.
The
TOKYO, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- The Japanese government unveiled a $107.8 billion stimulus package Friday to boost the economy, officials said.
The DPJ members, also including Yasuhiro Oe and Yumiko Himei, have apparently found it difficult to follow party policies under DPJ leader Ichiro Ozawa, and made the decision to quit as it seems highly likely that Ozawa will be reelected unopposed in
TOKYO, Aug. 29 (AP) - (Kyodo)Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej has canceled a three- day trip to Japan from next Tuesday due to domestic circumstances, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said Frid...
Economists see the stimulus package as a publicity stunt by Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda of Japan to revive approval ratings for his cabinet. (Toru Hanai/Reuters)
TOKYO: Japan unveiled plans Friday to spend about $16.5 billion extra this year to ease
TOKYO : The Japanese government has unveiled an economic stimulus package valued at US$107 billion.
This comes as data out on Friday shows that consumer prices are rising at a faster pace in Japan than market expectations.
Japan's consumer price index
The Japanese know a thing or two about economic stimulus packages. They put together a slew of them in the 1990s to kick-start their moribund economy.
They did not work and instead left a mountain of public debt that ballooned to more than 150% of
Tokyo - The Japanese government Friday unveiled a economic stimuluspackage totalling 11.7 trillion yen (107.03 billion dollars) to lift the financial burden caused by rising oil prices and shore up the economy. The government was to install
Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Seiichi Ota Friday apologized to nationals and supporters for making trouble because of his political funds record scandal which was exposed earlier this week.
Talking to reporters following a
TOKYO (AP) - Japan is set to unveil a 1.8 trillion yen, or $16.5 billion, pump-priming package Friday to shore up the flagging economy hit by soaring energy and material prices, Kyodo News reported.
The Ministry of Finance said no announcement had been