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Private-sector members of a key government panel have stressed the need for a drastically review of Japan's budget compilation process and have called for setting a new investment quota for crisis management and growth. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/04/14/economy/japan-panel-proposal-budget-draft-overhaul/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #budgets #sanaetakaichi #japaneseeconomy #fiscalspending

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s government will set out to identify key areas of investment and draft a blueprint for economic growth by next summer. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/04/economy/takaichi-government-panel-growth/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #sanaetakaichi #japaneseeconomy #fiscalspending

Takaichi might be more of a supply-sider a than Keynesian, with one economist arguing her policies are about more than just Abenomics. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/31/economy/takaichi-economic-policy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #sanaetakaichi #ldp #nipponishin #japaneseeconomy #inflation #fiscalspending

For women in power, the pressure to prove themselves often leaves little room to focus on gender identity. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/26/japan/the-glass-cliff-and-takachis-rise-to-power/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #sanaetakaichi #ldp #diet #jip #japaneseeconomy #inflation #defense #fiscalspending

Sanae Takaichi spent most of her first policy speech as prime minister addressing economic and security concerns, with little mention of immigration policies and incorporating relatively mild language on China. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/24/japan/politics/takaichi-first-policy-speech/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #sanaetakaichi #ldp #diet #nipponishin #japaneseeconomy #inflation #defense #fiscalspending

Japan must act immediately to improve its fiscal health as the risks of natural disasters mount and social security costs continue to increase, according to the International Monetary Fund. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/02/07/economy/imf-japan-fiscal-health/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #fiscalspending #imf #japaneseeconomy #boj

The central government will strive to balance economic revitalization and fiscal consolidation, Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato said in a fiscal policy speech to parliament on Friday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/01/24/economy/finance-chief-fiscal-consolidation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #shigeruishiba #diet #financeministry #katsunobukato #japaneseeconomy #budgets #fiscalspending

Japan's public finances have worsened with each major emergency, including the global financial crisis, the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, and the COVID-19 pandemic. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/11/15/economy/japan-finance-emergencies/ #business #economy #japaneseeconomy #disasterpreparedness #nankaitrough #earthquakes #fiscalspending

Japan must fund any additional spending plans within its budget rather than issuing more debt, the International Monetary Fund said on Friday, urging the government to get its fiscal house in order. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/11/01/economy/imf-urge-debt-avoid/ #business #economy #imf #debt #fiscalspending #budgets #boj #shigeruishiba #japaneseeconomy #china

The government might consider setting a budget surplus-to-gross domestic product target to ensure that the nation stays in the black, says Takero Doi, an economics professor at Keio University and a member of an advisory panel to the Finance Ministry. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/09/03/economy/japan-new-fiscal-target/ #business #economy #japaneseeconomy #ldp #fiscalspending #financeministry

The government said Monday that it will set aside ¥4.2 trillion as part of a special spending quota for priority policy measures in the fiscal year from April 2025. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/07/29/priority-policy-spending-quota/ #business #fiscalspending #budgets

Japan expects to hit its primary balance goal in the year starting April 2025, finally achieving the long-standing goal for fiscal health after more than a decade of delays. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/07/29/primary-balance-goal-achieve/ #business #boj #debt #taxes #fiscalspending

Eventually, the world will face another recession. How will policymakers use the lessons learned from the 2008-09 financial crisis and COVID-19 pandemic to respond? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/07/08/world/policy-lessons-economic-crises/ #commentary #worldnews #us #useconomy #greatrecession #globaleconomy #federalreserve #fiscalspending #inflation #jobs

The Japanese government, in its latest economic blueprint, has committed to getting its fiscal house in order despite some concern that it’s too soon to remove support from the economy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/06/21/economy/honebuto-fiscal-reconstruction/ #business #economy #japaneseeconomy #fiscalspending #debt

Kishida promised to raise defense spending to 2% of GDP, partly through tax hikes. The plan, never likely to deliver fast results, has been put on ice. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2023/10/23/japan/kishida-tax-cuts-defense-budget/?utm_content=buffera95be&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #commentary #japan #fumiokishida #ldp #defense #komeito #taxes #fiscalspending #budgets #sdf

A group of Japanese scholars and business leaders propose establishing independent bodies to examine long-term implications of the country's fiscal policies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/10/08/japan/politics/private-group-fiscal-and-policy-monitoring-bodies/?utm_content=buffer4dd4e&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #politics #reiwarincho #fiscalspending