Tokyo, Mar 22 (Prensa Latina) Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Tuesday rejected the decision by the Russian Government to suspend the bilateral peace talks, due to Tokyo's stance in the face of the Eurasian nation's conflict with Ukraine.
Japan approves record high budget for 9th straight year 1 minute read
Tokyo, Dec 21 (efe-epa).- The Government of Japan approved on Monday its draft budget for fiscal year 2021, in which it marked a record high for the ninth consecutive year and 41 percent of which will be financed by public debt.
The budget for the financial year beginning on Apr. 1, 2021 was officially reported to be 106.6 trillion yen ($1.03 trillion), which is 3.8 percent more than the budget that was approved for the current fiscal year.
The draft budget will need be passed by the Diet (Parliament) in its January session, and it will mark the first budget under current Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga who on Sep. 16 replaced Shinzo Abe after the latter stepped down for health reasons.