By YOSHITAKA ISOBE/ Staff Writer
February 22, 2022 at 19:11 JST
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, right, and his Cabinet members stand in the Diet immediately after the government’s draft budget for fiscal 2022 is passed by the Lower House on Feb. 22. (Koichi Ueda)
The Lower House approved a record 107.6 trillion yen ($936.74 billion) draft budget for fiscal 2022 on Feb. 22 that had the backing of an opposition party, which has not been seen in more than 40 years. [Read More]
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