The Abe administration plans to extend temporary legislation for five years allowing the government to automatically issue debt to help fund the annual budget without Diet approval, according to government sources.
The special law, approved in fiscal 2012 and set to expire in fiscal 2015, will be extended to avoid suspension of government spending due to a political standoff, the sources said Tuesday.
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