TOKYO: Japan's Cabinet approved on Wednesday (Jun 3) a US$19 billion supplementary budget to support households struggling with soaring everyday costs driven by the Iran war . The extra budget was "decided" at a Cabinet meeting, the prime minister's office said on its website. Top government spokesman Minoru Kihara told reporters at a news conference the Cabinet had allocated 3.1135 trillion yen (US$19 billion). "Amid ongoing uncertainty in the situation in the Middle East, we have formulated