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August 24, 2008 Sunday Sha'aban 21, 1429



Japan’s economic package


TOKYO, Aug 23: Japan is set to unveil a stimulus package worth eight trillion yen ($73 billion) in a bid to shore up the economy, a report said on Saturday.

Economic fiscal policy minister Kaoru Yosano delivered a draft of the planned measures to Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and Finance Minister Bunmei Ibuki on Friday, the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper said.

In early August, Fukuda ordered Yosano to draw up a package to boost economic growth and support small businesses as well as farmers and fishermen hit by soaring oil prices.

The measures are also designed to discount expressway tolls, support young job-seekers and expand the nation’s medicare services for the elderly, the mass circulation daily said.

The latest stimulus is still smaller than a reform programme worth 14.8 trillion yen announced by then prime minister Junichiro Koizumi in December 2002.

The finance ministry is largely expected to submit an extra budget to parliament to finance the package.—AFP







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