Local gov'ts to decide on income cap for cash benefit plan

Local gov'ts to decide on income cap for cash benefit plan

TOKYO, Japan - Kosuke Hori (R), chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party's Policy Research Council, and his New Komeito counterpart, Natsuo Yamaguchi, announce at a press conference in the lower house members office building on Nov. 12 agreements reached by senior lawmakers of the ruling parties on a cash benefit program under the central government's new economic stimulus package.

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