DPJ-led ruling bloc gets key child benefits law enacted

DPJ-led ruling bloc gets key child benefits law enacted

TOKYO, Japan - Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Akira Nagatsuma bows in appreciation after a bill to offer monthly benefits to families with children is passed at a plenary session of the House of Councillors in Tokyo on March 26, 2010. The bill will provide 13,000 yen a month to households for every child of junior high school age or younger from April 1.

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