Editorial

14:30 JST, November 8, 2025

Concerns have been growing that the approach of “responsible and proactive public finances” advocated by the new Cabinet might actually lead to a disregard for fiscal discipline. It must be said that these concerns are now becoming a reality.

Interpellations have begun at the House of Representatives Budget Committee, focusing on such matters as the economic and fiscal policies of the administration of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.

Takaichi explained that the “responsible and proactive public finances” approach means the stimulation of economic growth through strategic fiscal spending. She also emphasized that achieving growth would enable a reduction in the ratio of outstanding government debt to GDP.

The prime minister went on to say that the administration........

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