Prime Minister Fumio Kishida
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Japan to approve $314bn supplementary budget for stimulus package
Tokyo: Japan’s cabinet is set to approve a record 36 trillion yen ($314 billion) supplementary budget for fiscal 2021 on Friday to fund the government’s latest economic stimulus. The first extra budget…
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Japan adding more hospital beds in plan for next virus surge
Tokyo: The Japanese government’s preparations for the next virus surge include adding thousands of more hospital beds to avoid a situation like last summer when COVID-19 patients were forced to stay home,…