Panel eyes target to curb social security spending in state budget

Panel eyes target to curb social security spending in state budget

TOKYO, Japan - Keimei Kaizuka (R), chairman of the Fiscal System Council, hands a written recommendation to Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki at the Finance Ministry on June 6. The advisory panel urged that the government to take steps to curb swelling social security-related expenditures by setting targets when compiling the state budget for fiscal 2006.

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