由樱花村上报道 日本首相高市早苗表示，加强经济的全球竞争力最终将提升对日元的信心，为她的财政政策辩护，抵御对计划减税可能削弱支持货币的努力的担忧。
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said strengthening the economy’s global competitiveness would ultimately bolster confidence in the yen, defending her fiscal policies against concerns that planned tax cuts could undermine efforts to support the currency.
“关于我们积极且负责任的财政政策，我们相信加强日本经济的全球竞争力最终会维持对日元的信任。这意味着我们正在采取一致的政策取向，”她在议会会议上说道。
“With regards to our proactive and responsible fiscal policy, we believe that strengthening the Japanese economy’s global competitiveness will ultimately lead to maintaining trust in the yen. This means that we are taking a consistent policy approach,” she said at a parliamentary session.
首相是在回应一个问题，即日本与美国在七月的外汇市场联合干预是否与可能对日元施加下行压力的计划减税相兼容。
The premier was responding to a question on whether Japan’s joint intervention with the US in the currency market in July was compatible with a planned tax cut that could apply downward pressure on the yen.
日本议会即将开始辩论对食品和非酒精饮料的销售税进行临时削减的议案，该立法旨在帮助因成本上升而苦苦挣扎的家庭。该计划预计将导致年度税收收入短缺超过4万亿元日元。
Japan’s parliament is poised to start debating a temporary cut to the sales tax on food items and non-alcoholic beverages, legislation meant to support households struggling with rising costs. The plan leaves an estimated annual shortfall of over ¥4 trillion in tax revenues.
虽然高市向批评者保证，政府支出的审查将提供足够的节省以弥补这一缺口，但这些节省的细节尚未出现。
While Takaichi has assured critics that a review of the government’s spending will provide opportunities to create enough savings to cover the shortfall, the details of those savings have not yet emerged.
根据周五提交给部长会议的提案，政府将在财政审查中审查高达7万亿元日元的未使用政府资金。
The government is set to scrutinize unused government funds of as much as ¥7 trillion as part of the fiscal review, according to a proposal submitted to a ministerial meeting on Friday.
高市将她的“积极且负责任”的财政政策宣传为刺激国内投资、提升工资和企业利润、改善消费者情绪的方式，形成经济增长和更高税收的良性循环。
Takaichi has touted her “proactive and responsible” fiscal policy as a way to spur domestic investment, lift wages and corporate profits, and improve consumer sentiment, creating a virtuous cycle of economic growth and higher tax revenue.
虽然她计划中的投资和支出方面有明确的价格标签，但增长和节省要素仍不清晰，高市政府正为明年四月开始的财政年度准备预算蓝图。
While the investment and spending aspect of her plan has a clear price tag, the growth and savings elements have remained unclear as Takaichi’s government prepares its budget blueprint for the fiscal year starting next April.
与此同时，日元疲软已成为日本政策制定者日益关注的问题，因为其推动了进口价格和家庭生活成本的上升。今年7月，东京和华盛顿的官员联手干预汇市以支撑日元，这是近三十年来首次。
In the meantime, the yen’s weakness has become a growing issue for Japanese policymakers, given its role in driving up import prices and household living costs. In July, officials in Tokyo and Washington intervened in the currency market to jointly support the yen for the first time in nearly three decades.
周五东京午盘，日元兑美元汇率约为158.05，而过去10年的平均汇率为126.91。
The yen was trading around 158.05 per dollar midday in Tokyo Friday, compared with its 10-year average of 126.91.
“对于如何分析汇率走势，我不予置评。”当被问及政府是否考虑了其财政政策对日元汇率及对美贸易关系的影响时，她周五如此回应。“我们将继续关注日元汇率和物价的走势及其影响，并在必要时采取行动。”
“I will decline to comment on how we analyze currency moves,” she added on Friday when asked whether the government had considered the impact of her fiscal policy on the currency and on trade relations with the US. “We will continue to watch yen and price moves as well as their impacts, and take action as necessary.”