Tokyo's new budget for FY2020 was approved at the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly on the 28th. The total amount of the general account was 8,453 billion yen, the largest on record for the third consecutive year, and included measures such as virtually free high school tuition and support for school lunch expenses.
On the 28th, the final day of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly's regular meeting, the plenary session voted on the initial budget bill for the new fiscal year, which was passed and enacted with a majority vote from the Liberal Democratic Party, Tokyo Citizens First Association, and New Komeito Party.
The Communist Party and the Constitutional Democratic Party opposed it.
The total amount of the general account is 8,453 billion yen, the highest on record for three consecutive years.In order to expand countermeasures against the declining birthrate, ▽Teaching fees for private high schools will be effectively free, and income restrictions for subsidies will be abolished. It includes initiatives to support school lunch expenses at public elementary and junior high schools.
In addition, as measures to address the aging population, expenses have been earmarked for improving the treatment of nursing care workers and strengthening communication methods in the event of a disaster in light of the Noto Peninsula Earthquake.
Governor Koike told reporters, ``While the economy is undergoing major changes and industry is undergoing rapid changes, I would like to use the new fiscal year's budget as a lever to quickly move Tokyo residents' lives in a better direction.'' Ta.