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...Nikkei Brazilians, Peruvians and others who have lost their jobs go home, what will Japan do? Last week, Prime Minister Taro Aso unveiled a long-term growth strategy to create millions of jobs and add $1.2 trillion to GDP by 2020. But the discussion of immigration reform is notoriously absent in Japan, and reaching a sensible policy for foreign workers has hardly got under way. Encouraging those foreigners who would actually like to stay in Japan to leave seems a funny place to start...
Japan's Prime Minister Taro Aso is proving himself to be a big spender. And he, like the rest of Japan, is hoping that spending more on the economic crisis will make it go away. At a press conference Friday afternoon, Aso unveiled $149 billion stimulus package, 50% larger than what Aso ordered up earlier this week and the third stimulus plan he has proposed since he took office last September. The latest package amounts to record spending for the world's second-largest economy - about 3% of GPP - and, if passed by lawmakers, will bring total fiscal spending during...
...Japan of the future will no doubt be grayer, but also greener if Aso gets his way. His administration plans to channel spending toward four main areas: strengthening a safety net for the unemployed (about $19 billion) and providing financing for small- and medium-sized companies (about $30 billion); improvements in health care, nursing and child care; subsidizing the development and use of solar energy and environmentally friendly technologies; and public-works projects to help regional economies. Revisions to the tax system, including tax cuts, are also included in the economic plan. (See pictures of Japan and the world...
...During Friday's press conference, Aso reiterated that Japan "needs to be bold for the short-term and responsible for the medium-term." The government will provide $5.9 billion more to the "employment adjustment subsidy" that helps companies that retain employees. Measures also include $6.9 billion for job training and unemployment benefits. Japan will also increase its loan-guarantee program for small-and medium-sized businesses to $298 billion...
...stimulus package is a step toward the realization of an economic growth plan unveiled by Aso on Thursday. His strategy aims to create as many as 2 million jobs and as much as $597 billion in domestic demand over the next three years, with additional gains though 2010. The country's leaders are beginning to realize Japan is on the wrong path. Its flagship manufacturing giants have been pummeled by the crash in worldwide consumer demand. Exports fell by nearly 50% year-over-year in January and February; the economy as a whole is expected to shrink...