Japan Politics
Japan's Prime Minister Taro Aso, left, talks with Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa, right, after Nakagawa gave a speech during the 171st Regular Diet session in Tokyo, Monday, Jan. 5, 2009. Aso's Cabinet submitted an extra budget worth 4.8 trillion yen ($52 billion) to stimulate the recession-hit economy. He will also submit a record 88.5 trillion yen ($962 billion) budget for the next fiscal year starting in April 2009 to the parliament later in the month. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
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