Gist of Japan PM Kishida's policy speech in parliament
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The following is the gist of a policy speech delivered Monday by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the start of an extraordinary parliamentary session. Kishida vows to: -- revive Japan's pandemic-battered inbound tourism industry. -- maximize advantage of weak yen to revive economy. -- take "unprecedented" steps to alleviate burden of price hikes on households, companies. -- encourage wage increases by investing 1 trillion yen over 5 years in human resource development in promising fields. -- consider reviewing laws, rules on consumer contracts to protect victims of Unification Church's...