The Japanese Cabinet has approved a record 8.7 trillion yen ($55 billion) defense budget plan for 2025 as Japan accelerates ...

By Makiko Yamazaki TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's cabinet on Friday approved a record $730 billion ...

Japan's cabinet on Friday approved a record $730 billion budget for the fiscal year starting in April, while limiting new ...

Japan's government on Friday approved a record budget for the next fiscal year, ramping up spending on social welfare, as the ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s cabinet on Friday approved a record $730 billion budget for the next fiscal year, ...

Populations are aging rapidly in much of the rich world, forcing governments to spend increasing amounts on pensions.

Japan’s cabinet approved a record ¥115.5 trillion ($732 billion) budget for the fiscal year starting April 2025, setting up ...

Japan's government on Friday approved a 115.5 trillion yen ($730 billion) draft budget for fiscal year 2025, with the plan ...

The Japanese government is expected to approve a record initial budget Friday for the next fiscal year that will ramp up ...

Japan's defense budget grew to a record 8.70 trillion yen ($55 billion) for fiscal 2025, the government said Friday, as the ...

Japan’s Cabinet has approved the country’s largest-ever defense budget for the coming fiscal year — 8.7 trillion yen, or ...

Japan is one of the world's oldest societies, and this year the proportion of its people aged 65 or over reached a record ...