The government formally decided Thursday to resurrect additional benefits for single-parent families on welfare in December, as requested by the welfare ministry, officials said.
Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii and Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Akira Nagatsuma reached the accord after the Finance Ministry tried unsuccessfully to keep the subsidies at half of what they were worth before they were abolished.
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