and the LDP's recommendations will serve as a basis for the government's deliberations on a fresh stimulus package, which Suga has ordered his cabinet to develop.
The proposal, which suggests incentives to promote green investment will be among key pillars of the package along with spending to cushion the immediate blow from COVID-19, will be presented to the government on Monday, an LDP source said. "It seems will clearly be different from just providing support to cope with the pandemic," said Takeshi Minami, chief economist at Norinchukin Research Institute.Advertisement
These hit a record daily high of 570 cases in Tokyo on Friday, topping the previous high of 539, city officials said, after 9,792 tests, another record.