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Japanese gov't to halt spending cut policy to boost economy

xinhuanet.com
9 hrs ago 7 related
        

TOKYO, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Japanese government is to effectively halt its spending cut policy in compiling the budget for fiscal 2009, in a bid to prioritize stimulus measures over efforts to improve the nation's fiscal health,...

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Japan considering fresh 10 trillion yen stimulus: report

marketwatch.com
6 hrs ago
        

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- In a bid to shore up the weakening economy, the government and ruling parties are considering extra spending of more than 10 trillion yen ($107 billion) that would not be subject to the ceilings set...

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Anti-child porn congress raps Japan

thejapannews.net
5 hrs ago 3 related
        

The Third World Congress against Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents held in Rio de Janeiro highlighted the delay in Japan's measures to stiffen regulations on child pornography. At the c...

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Detained suspect extorts 5 mil. yen hush money from Tokyo policeman

kyodo.co.jp
17 hrs ago 38 related
        

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UPDATE 1-Japan mulling $107 bln for job-market steps -media

finanznachrichten.de
15 hrs ago 3 related
        

TOKYO, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Japan is considering spending 10 trillion yen ($107.4 billion) over the space of three years to support the job market, a move that could further stretch its dire public finances, a newspaper reported...

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Shukan Post › Is reading manga really so bad?

japantoday.com
18 hrs ago 1 related
        

“It’s because he reads only manga.” That’s what some tabloid media blame for the recent series of verbal gaffes by Prime Minister Taro Aso. Recently, renowned animator Hayao Miyazaki said he was embarrassed that Aso would...

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LDP seeks spending cut freeze

thejapannews.net
19 hrs ago
        

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party plans to ask the government to freeze its spending-reduction policy for three years starting in April, LDP lawmakers said Tuesday. The policy includes a 3 percent annual cut in public works...

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Gov't to grant 1 mil. yen to firms hiring part-timers as full-timers

newsonjapan.com
18 hrs ago 1 related
        

The government is drafting a new employment stimulus package under which it will grant a subsidy of up to 1 million yen per person to companies hiring non-student part-timers as full-time employees, informed sources said...

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Winter of discontent

ft.com
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Clearly they are not listening in Nagoya. One day after Japanese prime minister Taro Aso called on the nation's business chiefs to hike wages (subtext: to hell with shareholders, your country needs you), Toyota Motors chopped...

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China warns about impact of global financial crisis; Japan

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See Search Box lower down this column for searches of Finfacts news pages. Where there may be the odd special character missing from an older page, it's a problem that developed when Interactive To...

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