Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says that a 40,000 yen ($266) tax cut per person will come next June, expressing hope that it will support Japanese households struggling to cope with waves of price hikes and slow wage growth.
Voting is under way in by-elections to fill two vacant seats in Japan's parliament, with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's Liberal Democratic Party facing off against the leading opposition force in one-on-one battles.
Official campaigning for a House of Representatives by-election in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, begins, with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida struggling to restore public support due in part to dissatisfaction over rising prices.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says he aims to get a fiscal 2023 supplementary budget for funding a new economic package passed during an extraordinary parliamentary session, to be convened on Oct. 20.
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