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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's parliament on Monday enacted a state budget for the next fiscal year after a rare upper house revision reflecting Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's decision to reverse course on ...

TOKYO] Japan’s parliament passed the budget for fiscal 2025 on Monday (Mar 31), the day before the new financial year starts, ...