Japan sets new fiscal plans, social security cuts put on ice

Japan sets new fiscal plans, social security cuts put on ice

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Taro Aso answers questions from reporters at his office on June 23. The government adopted the same day a set of policy guidelines for fiscal 2009 which shelved the multi-year plans to curb government expenditures on social security and welfare.

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