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

For the 11th year in a row, the budget draft set a new record for national defense spending as Japan continues to pursue its ...

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

Japan’s Cabinet has approved the country’s largest-ever defense budget for the coming fiscal year, in keeping with its plan ...

17, 2021. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae, File) Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] TOKYO (AP) — The ...

Japan's government is set to compile a record $735 billion budget for the fiscal year from April due to larger social ...

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

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 ...

The Japanese Cabinet has given its go-ahead to increase the country's defence budget to 8.7 trillion yen ($55 billion) in ...

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