Japan's stimulus to be worth $135 billion, largest since pandemic, draft showsJapan is preparing a massive stimulus package worth over 21 trillion yen. This plan aims to ease the burden of rising prices on households....
20 Nov, 2025, 10.16 AM IST
Japan's cabinet approves $140 billion stimulus package to spur growthThe stimulus lays out fiscal spending of 21.9 trillion yen ($140 billion) on measures to support sustained wage gains and cash handouts for...
23 Nov, 2024, 12.28 AM IST
Japan proposes record stimulus package to fix ailing economyJapan has never had a full lockdown during the pandemic and infections remained relatively low, with deaths related to COVID-19 at about 18...
19 Nov, 2021, 10.58 AM IST
Gold prices rise as US, Japan prepare stimulus packagesGlobally, gold prices held steady near a two-week high on Tuesday as mounting Covid-19 cases and fresh restrictions boosted hopes for a U.S...
08 Dec, 2020, 09.34 AM IST
Japan stocks drop on caution over US stimulus packageThe benchmark Nikkei share average dropped 0.44% to close at 23,567.04, while the broader Topix lost 0.75% to 1,625.74.
20 Oct, 2020, 02.07 PM IST
View: Central banks have let the genie out of the bottleIf there’s one central bank that knows how hard bottling them back up will be, it’s Japan, where special operations have become a permanent...
18 May, 2020, 10.37 AM IST
At 10% of GDP, Modi's Atma-nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan ranks among biggest in worldBut unlike the most relief packages announced globally, Rs 20 lakh crore is not entirely in new spending and includes Rs 1.7 lakh crore pac...
13 May, 2020, 06.20 PM IST
Japan passes $240 billion virus package including cash handoutsThe 25.7 trillion yen budget includes a wide range of measures intended to prop up the world's third-largest economy, already struggling wi...
30 Apr, 2020, 04.54 PM IST
India on track for stronger earnings growth: Andrew Holland, Ambit InvestmentWhat we are going to see, in the second half of January, is a lot of buzz about stimulus packages obviously from Europe, Holland said.
07 Jan, 2015, 04.03 PM IST
- Japan agrees $274 bn stimulus package: Dow Jones
Japan's cabinet on Tuesday approved an economic stimulus package worth 274 billion dollars including more than 80 billion dollars in direct...
08 Dec, 2009, 10.26 AM IST
- Japan says economy to shrink 3.3 percent this year
Japan's economy is likely to shrink 3.3 percent this fiscal year, its worst contraction since World War II, the Cabinet announced, as it su...
27 Apr, 2009, 01.45 PM IST
- Japan to implement bigger economic stimulus measures
Japan announced Friday it was drafting a new 100-trillion-yen ($1.03 trillion) economic stimulus package, news reports said.
13 Mar, 2009, 11.02 AM IST
- Japan to launch fresh stimulus package: party official
Japan is to launch a fresh stimulus package as the world's second largest economy faces a sizeable contraction, a ruling party official and...
15 Feb, 2009, 06.13 PM IST
- Japan PM unveils $277 bn economic stimulus package
Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso on Thursday unveiled a 26.9 trillion yen ($277 billion) package to stimulate Asia's largest economy, inclu...
30 Oct, 2008, 03.08 PM IST
- Japan offers $18 billion stimulus package
Japan unveiled a 2-trillion yen, or $18 bn, stimulus package Friday, including assistance to small businesses and other pump-priming measur...
30 Aug, 2008, 12.07 AM IST
- Japan unveils $18 billion stimulus package
Japan unveiled a 2 trillion yen, or US$18 billion, stimulus package Friday, including assistance to small businesses and other pump-priming...
29 Aug, 2008, 04.14 PM IST
- Japan creating $73 bn stimulus package
Japan is drawing up an economic stimulus package worth eight trillion yen ($73 billion) to help businesses and consumers cope with soaring ...
23 Aug, 2008, 03.21 PM IST