Abe Cabinet's approval rating up 11.5 points to 40.5%: Kyodo poll

Abe Cabinet's approval rating up 11.5 points to 40.5%: Kyodo poll

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks to reporters at his office on Aug. 28, the day after he reshuffled his 11-month-old Cabinet. The approval rating for his new Cabinet stood at 40.5 percent, up 11.5 points from the previous survey conducted shortly after the July 29 House of Councillors election, according to the latest Kyodo News survey.

Thai vehicle sales plunge

Thai vehicle sales plunge

BANGKOK, Thailand - Kyoichi Tanada, president of Toyota Motor Thailand Co., the Thai unit of Japan's Toyota Motor Corp., holds a press conference in Bangkok on July 29, 2014. Tanada said that overall auto industry sales in Thailand in the first half of 2014 plunged 40.5 percent from a year earlier to 440,911 vehicles due to the adverse effect of domestic political uncertainty on consumer sentiment.

Strong overseas results boost Mazda's group net profit

Strong overseas results boost Mazda's group net profit

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Mazda Motor Corp. Vice President John G Parker speaks at a news conference on his company's business strategy in China. The automaker said earlier in the day its group net profit for fiscal 2003 jumped 40.5 percent from the previous year to 33.90 billion yen on robust overseas sales.

Indonesia sets economic growth at 5.3 percent, inflation at 3.3 percent in 2023

STORY: Indonesia sets economic growth at 5.3 percent, inflation at 3.3 percent in 2023 DATELINE: Aug. 17, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:03 LOCATION: Jakarta CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: (Courtesy of BPMI) 1. group shots of parliament 2. group shots of speech 3. SOUNDBITE (Bahasa Indonesia): JOKO WIDODO, Indonesian President STORYLINE: Indonesia has set its economic growth target at 5.3 percent and inflation rate at 3.3 percent next year, said President Joko Widodo on Tuesday. The growth figure is based on economic dynamics, the development agenda, and future challenges, Widodo added. SOUNDBITE (Bahasa Indonesia): JOKO WIDODO, Indonesian President "By scrutinizing state expenditure and optimizing state revenue, the 2023 budget deficit is set at 2.85 percent of the GDP or 40.5 billion USD. The 2023 budget deficit is the first year we return to the deficit of a maximum of 3 percent of the GDP." "We will try our best to maintain the sustainability of strengthening the national economy," Widodo said at an annual meet

Abe Cabinet's approval rating up 11.5 points to 40.5%: Kyodo pol

Abe Cabinet's approval rating up 11.5 points to 40.5%: Kyodo pol

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks to reporters at his office on Aug. 28, the day after he reshuffled his 11-month-old Cabinet. The approval rating for his new Cabinet stood at 40.5 percent, up 11.5 points from the previous survey conducted shortly after the July 29 House of Councillors election, according to the latest Kyodo News survey. (Kyodo)

Thai vehicle sales plunge

Thai vehicle sales plunge

BANGKOK, Thailand - Kyoichi Tanada, president of Toyota Motor Thailand Co., the Thai unit of Japan's Toyota Motor Corp., holds a press conference in Bangkok on July 29, 2014. Tanada said that overall auto industry sales in Thailand in the first half of 2014 plunged 40.5 percent from a year earlier to 440,911 vehicles due to the adverse effect of domestic political uncertainty on consumer sentiment. (Kyodo)

Strong overseas results boost Mazda's group net profit

Strong overseas results boost Mazda's group net profit

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Mazda Motor Corp. Vice President John G Parker speaks at a news conference on his company's business strategy in China. The automaker said earlier in the day its group net profit for fiscal 2003 jumped 40.5 percent from the previous year to 33.90 billion yen on robust overseas sales. (Kyodo)