The three ruling coalition parties have agreed on the pending issue of how to finance the proposed expansion of the child benefits program, coalition officials said Wednesday.
This will clear the way for the coalition parties — the Liberal Democratic Party, New Komeito and the New Conservative Party — to complete their joint tax reform proposals for fiscal 2001, which begins next April.
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