The budget comes as the market worries about Prime Minister Takaichi’s big spending policies adding to Japan’s public debt.

TOKYO: The Japanese government on Friday (Dec 26) approved a record budget for the upcoming fiscal year, to pay for everything from bigger defence spending to ballooning social security costs as ...

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