Stimulating Political Support?

Posted on September 19, 2009 by Michael Stocker

On Sep. 18, Japan’s newly-installed ruling party, the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), decided to suspend key elements of the Y15,000,000,000 ($164 billion) economic stimulus package approved by the ousted Liberal Democratic Party. Hirohisa Fujii, Japan’s current Minister of Finance, suggested that the money should instead be set aside to use in the next fiscal year to help finance new programs promised by the DPJ during its recent political campaign.

 

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