The government has no plans to reduce the planned second extra budget for this fiscal year, Deputy Prime Minister Naoto Kan said Monday, even though the latest gross domestic data have turned out much stronger than expected.
Kan said the 1.2 percent rise from the April-June quarter reflects "moves that the economy is recovering" in Japan and overseas.
He said Japan's growth has been driven by increases in exports and industrial production, as well as a pickup in consumer spending underpinned by stimulus measures implemented by the former Liberal Democratic Party-led government.