Next year = Toward the decision of the budget for Reiwa 3rd year, the government will hold ministerial negotiations between Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Aso and each minister on the 17th, and make final adjustments focusing on the reduction of drug prices set by the government. I am going to do.
In ministerial negotiations, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Aso and the minister in charge directly negotiate individual budget items that have not been adjusted so far.
Of these, we will discuss with Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Tamura over the price of medicines.
While the number of drug items to be reduced in the next fiscal year's revision will be about 70% of the total, it is expected that the price reduction will be adjusted to a certain extent in the direction of easing.
We will discuss with the Minister of Defense Kishi about expenses related to the development of the next fighter that will succeed the F2 fighter of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force.
We are planning to discuss with Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Hagita about the realization of a "small class of mathematics" that will reduce the scale of one elementary school class.
In addition, with the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Kajiyama, we will reduce greenhouse gas emissions to zero as a whole by 2050, enhance the budget for digital reform, and with the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Nogami, the export value of agriculture, forestry and fishery products and food. We are expected to discuss securing a budget to achieve the goal of expanding.
Based on the results of cabinet negotiations, the government is expected to compile a budget for next year = Reiwa 3 and make a cabinet decision on the 21st of this month.