Day 1,680: hinge, shell out

Mr Kishida’s chances of a further boost may hinge on good news emerging from Japan’s annual wage negotiations in March, a state visit to the White House in April and a package of tax cuts due to take effect in June.

The government may also find it harder to fulfil big promises, especially those that require the public to shell out, such as Mr Kishida’s pledge to increase the defence budget by two-thirds by 2027.

Japan’s ruling party is in crisis

Artwork of the day 
Handles, knockers, hinges found in Pompeii
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Original Title: Maniglie, battiporta, cardini rinvenuti a Pompei
Style: Neoclassicism
Genre: design

Word of the day 
hinge on: to depend on something, or to need something in order to be successful:
shell out: to pay or give money for something, usually unwillingly:

Quote of the day
“A box without hinges, key, or lid,

Yet golden treasure inside is hid.”

― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit