Diet passes FY 2008 budget despite upper house veto

Diet passes FY 2008 budget despite upper house veto

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (R) bows at a House of Representatives plenary session on March 28 after the Diet enacted into law an 83 trillion yen state budget for fiscal 2008 despite an earlier rejection by the opposition-controlled upper house.

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