Japan's parliament enacted Tuesday a 2.7 trillion yen ($21 billion) extra budget for fiscal 2022 to tackle recent rising fuel and food prices following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.The extra budget for the year that started April 1 will finance part of a 6.2 trillion yen emergency economic package formed in late April which includes such measures as subsidies to oil wholesalers to pull down surging retail gasoline prices.The House of Councillors passed the supplementary budget with a majority vote following its approval Friday by the House of Representatives."High crude oil prices and risin…READ FULL ARTICLE
