TOKYO, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) — TOKYO, Oct. 7 (Xinhua\/APP) –:Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Thursday said he will fulfill his pledge to provide a “large-scale” package to stimulate the economy hit by the pandemic as the two upper house by-election campaigns began.<\/p>\n
“I strongly feel that I need to carry out a large-scale economic stimulus or a large-scale coronavirus response, and I need people to judge whether to let me do so through elections,” Kishida said in a stump speech delivered in Shizuoka city for a candidate supported by his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).<\/p>\n
Kishida said the stimulus plan will be worth tens of trillions of yen and will provide support to companies affected by COVID-19.<\/p>\n
The by-elections held in Shizuoka and Yamaguchi prefectures on Oct. 24 will allow voters to speak out their feelings about the new government launched by the prime minister this week, before a general election at the end of the month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
TOKYO, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) — TOKYO, Oct. 7 (Xinhua\/APP) –:Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Thursday said he will fulfill his pledge to provide a “large-scale” package to stimulate the economy hit by the pandemic as the two upper house by-election campaigns began. “I strongly […]<\/p>\n
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