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The Japan News/Yomiuri
The Japan News/Yomiuri
Politics
The Yomiuri Shimbun

Kishida aims to pursue pandemic measures, 'new capitalism' in tandem

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida delivers his policy speech at a plenary session of the House of Representatives on Monday. (Credit: The Yomiuri Shimbun)

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida pledged in his policy speech upon convening the ordinary Diet session Monday to not only handle the pandemic, but also double "investment in human resources."

Kishida stressed in his speech to both chambers of the Diet to implement "unambiguous measures based on the characteristics of the omicron variant" of the novel coronavirus. The aim is to avert putting the medical system in a tight situation.

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