Japan enacts 13.9 trln yen extra budget to fund economic package

TOKYO, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- Japan's parliament on Tuesday enacted a 13.9 trillion yen (about 90 billion U.S. dollars) supplementary budget for the current fiscal year through next March to fund a new economic package aimed at easing the financial burden on households amid rising prices.

The budget plan cleared the House of Councillors, or upper chamber, ahead of the end of the current extraordinary Diet session o