Japan's lower house on Tuesday approved a 28.92 trillion yen ($208 billion) extra budget for the current fiscal year to fund an economic package aimed at softening the negative impact of accelerating inflation and rejuvenate the economy hit by COVID-19.The government of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida hopes to enact the second supplementary budget for fiscal 2022 by the end of the current parliamentary session until early December. The draft plan will be deliberated in the House of Councillors following its passage through the powerful House of Representatives.A key feature of the economic pac…READ FULL ARTICLE
