Japan passes $19 bn extra budget to ease Middle East war impact

Japan enacts $19B emergency budget as energy crisis deepens amid Middle East conflict

Parliament approves extra spending in 2 days to cushion households from soaring fuel and electricity costs

Japan passes $19 bn extra budget to ease Middle East war impact

Japan passed $19 billion in additional spending on Friday, as Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s government seeks to ease pressure on households struggling with soaring everyday costs driven by the Middle East war. The 3.1 trillion-yen extra budget cleared the parliament — dominated by Takaichi’s Liberal Democratic Party — sailing through the upper house by 148 […] The post Japan passes $19 bn extra budget to ease Middle East war impact appeared fi…