Kishida promises to bring socioeconomic activities back to near normalcy by early 2022, if he wins the LDP party election on Sept 29. - Reuters
TOKYO (Reuters): Japan's former foreign minister Fumio Kishida, who is challenging Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga as ruling party chief, said on Thursday (Sept 2) an economic stimulus package worth "tens of trillions of yen" was needed to combat the coronavirus pandemic.
Kishida added that as party chief he would aim to bring socioeconomic activities back to near normalcy by early 2022, criticising the current handling of the pandemic as too little and too slow.
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