Business leaders urged Prime Minister Taro Aso on Saturday to compile ¥30 trillion in additional economic measures after the main budget for fiscal 2009 clears the Diet.
Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren) Chairman Fujio Mitarai and Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry Chairman Tadashi Okamura made the request during a five days of meetings with a special financial panel that was convened at the prime minister's office.
"Given that the supply-demand gap stands at around ¥25 trillion, (additional steps need to be) at least ¥30 trillion," Mitarai told the meeting. Okamura stressed the need for Aso to beef up cash flows, saying the situation for medium-size companies has been rapidly worsening.