Japan must stick to its target of a primary budget surplus by the 2025 fiscal year, Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Friday, even as a planned increase in defence spending raises the spectre of worsening already dire public finances.
The man, in his 70s, set himself alight near the prime minister’s office in Tokyo, local media said, after telling police he was opposed to plans for a state funeral for ex-leader Abe, who was assassinated in July.