September 7, 2021
TOKYO (Reuters) – 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 coronavirus pandemic, a magazine reported.
Kishida also said that if he were to become prime minister, he would have the Bank of Japan maintain its 2% inflation target and massive stimulus programme, the Diamond magazine quoted him as saying in an interview that ran online on Monday evening.
Kishida told a news conference last week that the government must compile a spending package worth “several tens of trillions yen,” without giving a specific number.
($1 = 109.8200 yen)
(Reporting by Leika Kihara; Editing by Chang-Ran Kim)
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