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Govt’s FY2017 Budget Includes 32 Trillion Yen for Social Security Spending
The government approved an initial budget (general account) for FY2017 at a cabinet meeting on December 22. Social security spending will total 32,473.5 billion yen, up 499.7 billion yen from FY2016, maintaining the same level of growth as in FY2016.…
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