School's out for 300,000 Chicago students as teachers strike for better support and duty nurses
More than 32,500 teachers and other staff walked off the job Thursday in Chicago, canceling classes for 300,000 students in nation's third-largest school district. At the heart of the dispute is class sizes and resources rather than pay, with teachers saying they want more social ...
Japan's fiscal health is in dire straits, but record high budget requests do not show any sense of crisis by the government.
Japan's Foreign Ministry seeks to double WTO budget after defeat in Fukushima food ban case
The Foreign Ministry hopes to more than double its budget for activities related to the World Trade Organization in fiscal 2020 after losing a dispute over a South Korean ban on imports of Japanese seafood.
Japan budget requests for fiscal 2020 on way to record-high ¥105 trillion
General-account budget requests from government agencies and ministries for fiscal 2020 are expected to set a new record near ¥105 trillion, it has been learned. The all-time high is ¥102.7 trillion for fiscal 2019, which began in April. The anticipated rise reflects growing debt-serving costs and ...
The government must do more to reduce spending and boost revenue to cut the deficit.
After months of delay, Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte signs $71 billion national budget
President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday signed a 3.7 trillion peso ($71.5 billion) budget for this year, its largest ever, ending months of impasse that forced the Southeast Asian country to cut its growth target. The Philippines last month cut its 2019 growth target to 6-7 ...
Japan's Diet passes record ¥101 trillion budget with spending hikes for defense and social security
Key to the budget is a ¥2.03 trillion stimulus package that the government hopes will underpin domestic demand after the consumption tax is increased.
President Donald Trump in his 2020 budget on Monday called for overhauls of social programs that help poor and elderly Americans, while boosting military spending and funding a U.S.-Mexico border wall, in the opening gambits of his next funding fight with the U.S. Congress. The ...
The Diet on Thursday passed a ¥3.04 trillion ($28 billion) supplementary budget for fiscal 2018 to fund measures including the bolstering of defences against natural disasters. The House of Councilors approved the second extra budget for the year through March following its passage at the ...
Abe Cabinet approves reworked 2019 draft budget after Japan jobs data debacle
The rework was required after the government was revealed to have published a monthly labor survey without having collected sufficient data over a 15-year period.
Government to review statistics after revelation that faulty Japan jobs data spanned 14 years
The government will rework the budget for fiscal 2019 to include the cost of reimbursing people who did not receive enough benefits.
