Japan PM Suga: Will continue to seek a balance between economy and virus containment

Dhwani Mehta FXStreet

“We will continue to try to strike a balance between the economy and virus containment,” Japanese Prime Minister (PM) Yoshihide Suga said on Friday.

Additional quotes

Want to move fast with reforms, including lowering mobile fee rates.

We must work to contain the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.

I believe my most important duty as prime minister is for the people to return to life as normal.

We will continue to provide economic aid to businesses and people.

There is a low risk of catching coronavirus despite travel campaign as long as proper steps to contain coronavirus are taken.

I want to make sure that the Olympics happen next year.

I want to see Olympics happen at all cost.

Want to see integrated digital system across all municipalities in the next five years.

To create digital agency to achieve this next year.

70% of consumption in japan comes from regional areas, i want to focus on revitalising regional areas.

Want to achieve this through strengthening tourism and agriculture policy.

I want to see inbound tourism back again.

EUR/JPY Price Analysis: Off intraday low but not out of the bears’ radar

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Dhwani Mehta

FXStreet

Residing in Mumbai (India), Dhwani is a Senior Analyst and Manager of the Asian session at FXStreet. She has over 10 years of experience in analyzing and covering the global financial markets, with specialization in Forex and commodities markets.

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