An extraordinary parliamentary session will likely begin on Nov. 28 to allow for deliberation on a supplementary budget needed to fund new inflation-relief measures proposed by the government of Japanese Prime Mister Shigeru Ishiba, an administration official said Thursday.The government plans to provide cash handouts -- likely 30,000 yen ($194) each to low-income households exempt from resident tax, and an extra 20,000 yen per child to child-rearing families -- and give subsidies to lower energy prices, in its latest bid to ease the pain of inflation.Ishiba aims to seek parliamentary appro…READ FULL ARTICLE
