HOME > NATION > Article

Text Size

small

medium

large


(Update) Japan Ruling Bloc, DPFP to Continue Economic Talks

(Update) Japan Ruling Bloc, DPFP to Continue Economic Talks

   Tokyo, Nov. 15 (Jiji Press)--Policy chiefs from Japan's ruling bloc and the opposition Democratic Party for the People agreed to continue talks on a proposed economic package as they failed to reach agreement at a meeting on Friday.
   The policy chiefs from the Liberal Democratic Party, its coalition partner, Komeito, and the DPFP will meet again on Monday.
   At their meeting on Friday, DPFP policy chief Makoto Hamaguchi apparently sought to clarify the government's stance on the party's demand for raising the minimum taxable income to increase take-home pay.
   A draft economic package presented by the government to the ruling bloc Thursday included resuming electricity and city gas subsidies and paying benefits to low-income households, but did not mention the DPFP's income tax proposal.
   LDP policy chief Itsunori Onodera played down the failure to reach agreement at Friday's meeting.

To read a full story, please click here to find out how to subscribe.

NATION

HEADLINES

POLITICS
Japan Diet to Be Convened into 24-Day Extra Session on Nov. 28
ECONOMY
Indian Visitors to Japan Increase 29.1% to Record 21,700 in Oct.
SPORTS
MLB: Tigers' Tarik Skubal, Braves' Chris Sale Named Cy Young Award Winners
OTHER
30% of Children in Poor Families in Japan Find School Not Fun: Survey

AFP-JIJI PRESS NEWS JOURNAL


Photos