Now that the Japanese government¡¯s fiscal 2026 budget bill will likely not be enacted by the end of fiscal 2025 on Tuesday, some in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party are looking to pass the budget on April 7.
The government and ruling parties aim to get the budget bill through parliament during the second half of next week, but the opposition camp is demanding ¡°sufficient¡± deliberations on the bill.
Meanwhile, the government has submitted a stopgap budget bill to prepare for the possibility that the regular budget bill will not be enacted by the end of fiscal 2025. The ruling and opposition parties have agreed to pass the stopgap budget bill on Monday.
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