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Budget gets quick pass
The Diet enacted the fiscal 2005 budget March 23, marking the fourth-fastest budget passage in postwar history and a victory for the governing coalition of the Liberal-Democratic Party and New Komeito.
The austere budget of ¥82.18 trillion passed swiftly through the Diet with little or no resistance from the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan.
The Japan Times Weekly: April 2, 2005 (C) All rights reserved
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