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Japan's Minister in charge of digital reform, social security and tax number system Takuya Hirai attends a news conference in Tokyo. © Reuters

HIROYUKI AKIYAMA, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will propose a national budget for fiscal 2021 set to top 105 trillion yen ($994 billion) that places digitization of government services front and center.

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