Cabinet OKs record-high FY 2009 budget to fight downturn

Cabinet OKs record-high FY 2009 budget to fight downturn

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Taro Aso points to a chart during a news conference at the Prime Minister's Office on Dec. 24 to explain a record-high 88,548.0 billion yen state budget for fiscal 2009 approved earlier by the Cabinet. The budget is aimed at salvaging the Japanese economy, which is engulfed in the kind of global financial turmoil said to occur only once every 100 years. (Kyodo)

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