Japan’s Aso: Supplementary budget will invest in infrastructure

Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso was on the wires earlier today, via Reuters, noting that the supplementary budget will invest in infrastructure.

His comments came after Sankei, Japanese daily, reported that the Japanese government is considering an extra budget amount of 2.2 to 2.3 tln yen, which is likely to be approved at the Dec 22 Cabinet meeting.