By YOSHITAKA ISOBE/ Staff Writer
February 22, 2022 at 19:11 JST
Yuichiro Tamaki, leader of the Democratic Party for the People, speaks about the party’s support for the government’s draft budget for fiscal 2022 at a news conference in the Diet building on Feb. 21. (Tamiyuki Kihara)
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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