Aso unveils huge new measures

By Tomoko A. Hosaka | April 10, 2009, Friday |

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JAPANESE Prime Minister Taro Aso unveiled an ambitious long-term growth strategy yesterday, vowing to refashion the world's second-largest economy and create millions of jobs, with the first step a massive new stimulus package.

Aso aims to boost domestic demand by at least 40 trillion yen (US$400 billion) within three years and add between 1.4 million and 2 million new jobs.

By 2020, he wants to lift gross domestic product by 120 trillion yen and create 4 million jobs.

His plan for the country, now mired in its deepest recession since World War II, calls for Japan to lead the world in energy efficient living and technologies, to expand nursing care and medical services, and to better deploy the global power of Japanese pop culture.

Japan must reinvent its export-driven growth model - now an unrealistic option, the prime minister said.

"I want to show that Japan's future is not all that dark if we follow this vision," Aso told reporters. "If you just read the newspapers, it seems like tomorrow will be completely gloomy. But this is not the case. There is some light."

A new stimulus package on its way for government approval today represents the first step, Aso said.

Japan's ruling party is pushing for a package that is substantially bigger than originally announced, involving 15.4 trillion yen in new fiscal spending to wrest the economy from the debilitating recession brought on by the global financial crisis.

Economy

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Aso unveils huge new measures

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