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Japan OKs FY2020 Budget, Record 35.86 Trillion Yen Allotted to Social Security
The Japanese government on December 20 approved a record general account budget of 102.66 trillion yen for FY2020 beginning next April, which includes social security budgets totaling 35.86 trillion yen, also an all-time high. The social security budgets, which not…
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