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(2)FY 2002 budget becomes law with upper house approval

(2)FY 2002 budget becomes law with upper house approval

TOKYO, Japan - House of Councillors' lawmakers vote on an austere 81.23 trillion yen general-account budget for fiscal 2002 on March 27. The budget, which passed through the House of Representatives on March 6, was also approved by the upper house.

(3)FY 2002 budget becomes law with upper house approval

(3)FY 2002 budget becomes law with upper house approval

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R, front) and Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa (L, front) bow after the House of Councillors' lawmakers voted into law an 81.23 trillion yen general-account budget for fiscal 2002 on March 27.

FY 2002 budget becomes law with upper house approval

FY 2002 budget becomes law with upper house approval

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) shakes hands with House of Councillors Budget Committee Chairman Kenji Manabe after the committee approved an austere 81.23 trillion yen general-account budget for fiscal 2002 on March 27, as Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda (C) watches.

Lower house passes FY 2002 budget

Lower house passes FY 2002 budget

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the House of Representatives cast their votes on the government's 81.23 trillion yen budget for fiscal 2002, which begins April 1, in a plenary session late March 6. The budget cleared the lower chamber as 286 voted for, 187 voted against and seven abstained.

Lower house panel passes FY 2002 budget bill

Lower house panel passes FY 2002 budget bill

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) and Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa (L) bow to members of the House of Representatives Budget Committee on March 6 after the committee cleared the 81.23 trillion yen budget for fiscal 2002, beginning April 1, ahead of the house's plenary session, which is to pass the bill later in the evening.

Cabinet approves 81.23 tril. yen FY 2002 budget

Cabinet approves 81.23 tril. yen FY 2002 budget

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (C) heads into a cabinet meeting at his official residence in Tokyo on Dec. 24 to adopt an 81.23 trillion yen general account budget for fiscal 2002. At left in the background is Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa.

FY 2002 draft budget 81.23 tril. yen, smallest in 4 years

FY 2002 draft budget 81.23 tril. yen, smallest in 4 years

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa speaks at a press conference in the Finance Ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 20 after the cabinet of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi approves the ministry's 81.23 trillion yen budget plan for fiscal 2002.

Japan to have another belt-tightening budget

Japan to have another belt-tightening budget

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Ministry Masajuro Shiokawa speaks at a news conference Dec. 19 after his ministry drafted an 81.23 trillion yen general-account budget for fiscal 2002, 1.7% less than the initial fiscal 2001 budget and the smallest in four years. The draft budget is to be endorsed at a cabinet meeting Dec. 20.

Japan to have another belt-tightening budget

Japan to have another belt-tightening budget

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Ministry Masajuro Shiokawa speaks at a news conference Dec. 19 after his ministry drafted an 81.23 trillion yen general-account budget for fiscal 2002, 1.7% less than the initial fiscal 2001 budget and the smallest in four years. The draft budget is to be endorsed at a cabinet meeting Dec. 20.

Cabinet approves 81.23 tril. yen FY 2002 budget

Cabinet approves 81.23 tril. yen FY 2002 budget

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (C) heads into a cabinet meeting at his official residence in Tokyo on Dec. 24 to adopt an 81.23 trillion yen general account budget for fiscal 2002. At left in the background is Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa.

(3)FY 2002 budget becomes law with upper house approval

(3)FY 2002 budget becomes law with upper house approval

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R, front) and Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa (L, front) bow after the House of Councillors' lawmakers voted into law an 81.23 trillion yen general-account budget for fiscal 2002 on March 27.

FY 2002 draft budget 81.23 tril. yen, smallest in 4 years

FY 2002 draft budget 81.23 tril. yen, smallest in 4 years

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa speaks at a press conference in the Finance Ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 20 after the cabinet of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi approves the ministry's 81.23 trillion yen budget plan for fiscal 2002.

FY 2002 budget becomes law with upper house approval

FY 2002 budget becomes law with upper house approval

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) shakes hands with House of Councillors Budget Committee Chairman Kenji Manabe after the committee approved an austere 81.23 trillion yen general-account budget for fiscal 2002 on March 27, as Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda (C) watches.

(2)FY 2002 budget becomes law with upper house approval

(2)FY 2002 budget becomes law with upper house approval

TOKYO, Japan - House of Councillors' lawmakers vote on an austere 81.23 trillion yen general-account budget for fiscal 2002 on March 27. The budget, which passed through the House of Representatives on March 6, was also approved by the upper house.