Special allocation tax from the national government to local governments increases by 1.7% due to increased expenses such as the Noto Peninsula earthquake. Expenses to ensure local medical care, such as financial support for public hospitals in depopulated areas, were the largest at 100.7 billion yen.
Disaster-related expenses at 92 billion yen, an increase of approximately 35 billion yen from the previous fiscal year. Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Matsumoto: "We have taken measures to ensure that local governments' financial management is not disrupted"