Japan enacts fiscal 2010 extra budget for economic stimulus

An extra budget for fiscal 2010 to finance a 5 trillion yen stimulus package was enacted Friday evening, amid growing tensions between the government and opposition parties.

The budget was voted down in a plenary session of the opposition-controlled upper house. But the bill, already approved by the House of Representatives last week, later cleared the Diet given that the chamber can override a decision by the upper house under the Constitution.

‘‘I’m really glad that the extra budget deeply connected to the lives of the people has been enacted,’’ Prime Minister Naoto Kan told reporters.

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