Japan looking into financing more infrastructure
Tokyo
JAPAN'S government is considering how to finance the development of more infrastructure as a way of bolstering the economy, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said on Thursday.
His comments came after the Nikkei newspaper reported that the prime minister's office and ministries are considering a programme of as much as three trillion yen (S$37.5 billion) in near-zero interest infrastructure loans to private corporations starting in the autumn as part of an economic stimulus package.
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