Japan's Amari: primary budget surplus goal will be in fiscal discipline plan

TOKYO: Japanese Economics Minister Akira Amari said on Wednesday that returning to a primary budget surplus in fiscal 2020 will be included in the government's fiscal discipline plan that it will compile in June.

Amari, speaking in parliament, said that a proposal on fiscal discipline by government advisers that did not mention the primary budget surplus target was not an indication that the government is trying to abandon this target.