Wednesday, April 15, 2015

#JAPAN: Upper House Approves Record US$803.45 Billion Budget

[world politics news]

Japan's parliament has approved a record 96.34 trillion yen ($803.45 billion) budget for fiscal 2015 which started April 1. Passage of the budget was delayed by the general election last Dec. 14 called by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to seek a public mandate for postponing a tax hike.

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