TOKYO: Japan unveiled a record 92.29 trillion yen (US$1 trillion) budget Friday for the next fiscal year, reflecting the prime minister's campaign pledge to boost spending for child support and slash wasteful outlay for public works.
The budget for the year starting in April 2010 came as Japan's economy - the world's second-largest - struggled to shake off its worst recession since World War II amid deflation.
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