Japan’s Cabinet on Friday approved a record defense budget plan exceeding 9 trillion yen ($58 billion) for the coming year, aiming to fortify its strike-back capability and coastal…
Read more Japan’s Cabinet OKs record defense budget that aims to deter ChinaBy Leika Kihara and Yoshifumi Takemoto TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s reflationist advocates of expansionary fiscal policy are making a comeback in economic decision-making with some hand-picked by Prime Minister…
Read more Japan PM Takaichi fills panel posts with advocates of big spendingJapan’s parliament elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister Tuesday, a day after her struggling party struck a coalition deal with a new partner…
Read more Japan’s parliament elects Sanae Takaichi as nation’s first female prime minister