Japan's Cabinet approved Tuesday a 2.7 trillion yen ($21 billion) draft extra budget for fiscal 2022 to ease the pain of surging energy, food and other prices stemming from Russia's invasion of Ukraine.The government will issue new bonds to entirely finance the budget, adding to concerns about the nation's fiscal health, already the worst among major developed countries.The supplementary budget for the year that started in April will be used to finance part of a 6.2 trillion yen relief package compiled in late April.The ruling coalition led by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's Liberal Democrat…READ FULL ARTICLE
