TOKYO, Aug. 22 (UPI) -- The Japanese economic stimulus package will be funded with a supplementary budget instead through deficit-covering bonds, it was announced Friday.

TOKYO, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, faced with economic slowdown amid rising oil and food prices, Monday ordered an economic stimulus package.

TOKYO, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda replaced 13 of the 17 members of his Cabinet Friday.

TOKYO, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reportedly was on intravenous drip for the sixth day Tuesday at a Tokyo hospital to treat his stomach ailment.

TOKYO, Sept. 13 (UPI) -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was hospitalized Thursday for treatment of a gastrointestinal disorder, a report said.

TOKYO, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has named one of his harshest critics to the Cabinet in a shake-up aimed at reviving his weakened administration.

TOKYO, April 28 (UPI) -- Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has called on governors and mayors to decline their retirement bonuses because he regards them as excessive. "The retirement allowances for governors and mayors are too high. I don't need one, so we should urge the

TOKYO, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- Embarrassed by a recent mishap, the Tokyo Stock Exchange has announced it has raised the number of stock trades that its computer system can handle. From the current limit of 4.5 million daily transactions, the TSE said Sunday the system now can deal with

TOKYO, Sept. 27 (UPI) -- Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi appointed former Agriculture Minister Tsutomu Takebe as ruling Liberal Democratic Party secretary-general Monday.