The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare’s (MHLW) general-account budget will total 30,687.3 billion yen for FY2017 beginning in April, up 1.2% from the previous year. The 30.7 trillion yen consists of 30,248.3 billion yen in social security spending, up…
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