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Japan PM Ishiba to adopt 'strong measures to counter rising prices', coalition partner says

Ministers arrive at Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's official residence in Tokyo
March 25, 2025
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba told the leader of a junior party in the coalition government that he would "introduce strong measures to counter rising prices", the head of the Komeito party, Tetsuo Saito, told reporters on Tuesday.

Asked about Saito's comment, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi told a press conference that what Ishiba meant was to mobilise policy steps laid out in the extra budget for the current fiscal year ending this month and the draft budget for the new year, and he was not referring to fresh expenditure.

(Reporting by Kaori Kaneko, Kantaro Komiya and Kiyoshi Takenaka; Editing by Tom Hogue and Muralikumar Anantharaman)

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