Other candidates received a total of 84 votes. Japan, the world’s fourth-largest economy, “is faced with the most severe and complicated security environment in the postwar era,” Ishiba said Saturday ...
The Japanese economy shrank at an annual rate of 1.8% in the first quarter of this year, slightly better than the initial estimate at a 2.0% contraction, according to revised government data Monday.
Japan’s new economic stimulus package will feature cash handouts to help low-income households deal with inflation and extra funding for disaster preparedness, according to public broadcaster NHK.