Ministry of Foreign Affairs Budget Request for Next Year Approximately 95 billion yen related to new corona measures September 19, 4:42
In the budget request for next year, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has decided to include about 95 billion yen as expenses related to measures against the new coronavirus, such as the cost of supplying vaccines to developing countries.
In response to a budget request for the next fiscal year, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has decided to request 800.9 billion yen, which is 97 billion yen more than the initial budget for this year.
Of this amount, 95.3 billion yen will be included as expenses related to measures against the new coronavirus.
Specifically, all of them are for developing countries, and 40.6 billion yen will be allocated to support infection prevention such as supply of diagnostic agents, and 6.5 billion yen will be allocated to supply vaccines through an international framework. is.
In addition, in case the infection spreads again, we have posted 140 million yen as operating expenses for charter aircraft that evacuate Japanese people from overseas, which is seven times the initial budget for this year.
In addition, since Prime Minister Suga has indicated a policy of promoting digitalization, we will include approximately 2.1 billion yen as expenses for accelerating the development of a system for applying for passports online.