At the Cabinet meeting on the 21st, the government decided on a budget plan for the next fiscal year and the third fiscal year of Reiwa, where the total amount of the general account will reach a record high of 106,609.7 billion yen.

How will our lives change?

I will summarize the main contents included.

New coronavirus

This is the main business related to the new coronavirus.

1. Prevention of spread of infection

First, there are measures to prevent the spread of infection.



▽ Expenses for increasing the number of staff of the National Institute of Infectious Diseases, etc. 900 million yen ▽ In response to the tight system of health centers in each region, the current 1800 public health nurses specialize in infectious disease control 2 billion yen was recorded as an expense to increase the number of people from 2700 people by 1.5 times.



▽ In order to strengthen the crisis management system of the public health nurse, we will establish a "human resources bank" to register so-called "potential public health nurses" who are not working for marriage or childbirth, and 500 million yen will be spent to support support between local governments It was included.

2. Support for companies and employment

It is a support measure that supports the efforts and employment of companies.



▽ In order to support airlines with difficult management, we will support both budget and tax to reduce the burden on the scale of 120 billion yen.



Specifically,


▽ airport charges paid by airlines will be reduced by 90% for domestic flights at airports managed by the government such as Haneda Airport, and


▽ fuel tax for domestic flights will be reduced by half.



In addition, as


the shortage of supplies that depended on imports became apparent, 6.5 billion yen was recorded as a subsidy for developing and manufacturing equipment such as respirators and dialysis machines in Japan.



▽ In order to encourage the use of national parks, where the number of tourists has decreased significantly, 15.9 billion yen was recorded as expenses for promoting wormcation.



In addition,


9.8 billion yen was included as expenses for improving the information and communication environment in rural areas and fishing villages in order to encourage migration from urban areas to rural areas.



On the other hand,


▽ 624 billion yen including the special account is included as expenses for extending the special measures to raise the upper limit of the employment adjustment subsidy.

Priority measures set by the administration

Next is the priority measure set by the Suga administration.

1. Digital reform

First is digital reform.



▽ A total of 298.6 billion yen was recorded as the cost for standardizing the national information system.



In addition,


with the deployment of terminals such as personal computers for each person in elementary and junior high schools, 2 billion yen has been included as a cost to distribute digital textbooks to 5th and 6th grades of elementary school and junior high school students. It was.



In addition,


▽ 1.3 billion yen was allocated as a business to support the spread of smart agriculture utilizing robots and AI in the agricultural field, and the development and introduction of the latest agricultural equipment and services.



▽ By the end of the 4th year of Reiwa, 100.1 billion yen will be spent to support the establishment of the system of the municipalities in charge of issuing cards toward the realization of the goal of distributing My Number cards to almost all citizens. It was recorded.



▽ In order to intensively promote the digitization of local communities in the next two years, 200 billion yen was allocated as financial support for the efforts of local governments such as the development of digital human resources.



▽ This year's budget to promote research and development toward the realization of next-generation cryptographic technology "quantum cryptography" that can never be decrypted even by "quantum computer", which has much higher computing power than supercomputer Approximately double, 3.4 billion yen was recorded.

2. Realization of a carbon-free society

Next is a project aimed at realizing a "decarbonized society" that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions to zero as a whole by 2050.



▽ 20.4 billion yen was recorded as expenses to support planning for emission reduction in the region and introduction of renewable energy.



In addition,


as a budget to support technological development,


▽ 8.2 billion yen for offshore wind power generation, which is positioned as one of the main power sources in the future

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6.6 billion yen for the utilization of hydrogen,


▽ 23 for storage batteries that hold the key to electrification of automobiles 100 million yen was included.

3. Infertility treatment

A budget for fertility treatment is also included.



▽ In addition to testing for "recurrent miscarriage" that repeats miscarriage and stillbirth even if pregnant, it is used for treatment such as cryopreservation of eggs, sperms, and fertilized eggs in order to leave the possibility that younger cancer patients will have children in the future. 2.3 billion yen was recorded to reduce the cost burden.

living

It is a budget that is familiar to people in their daily lives.

1. Nursing care fee

▽ Regarding the nursing care fee that will be revised in April next year, 19.6 billion yen was recorded to make a positive revision of 0.7% as a whole after adding 0.05% as the cost for the new corona measures.

2. Drug price

▽ Regarding the drug price set by the government, about 70% of the items will be reduced in the next fiscal year's revision, while considering the impact of the spread of the new corona infection, the reduction will be eased to some extent to 431.5 billion yen per year. We will reduce 100.1 billion yen on a national expense basis.

3. Waiting children

▽ Aiming to eliminate waiting-list children, 11.1 billion yen was recorded for the cost of implementing the "New Child-rearing Security Plan" that includes the operating costs of the nursery school.

4. Small class of mathematics

▽ As the first step to reduce the capacity of one class of public elementary school to 35 or less over five years from next year toward the realization of a small class of mathematics, next year, 300 million will be spent to increase the number of teachers in the second grade of elementary school. We posted a national treasury contribution for compulsory education of 1,516.4 billion yen, including the addition of yen.

5. Other

▽ In order to reduce the amount of petroleum-based plastics, 4.3 billion yen was recorded as expenses to support the production of alternative materials made from plants and the introduction of advanced recycling equipment.

Main business of each ministry

These are other major projects incorporated by each ministry and agency.

Ministry of Defense

▽ As an alternative to the new interception missile system "Aegis Ashore" that was abandoned, 1.7 billion yen was recorded as the cost of designing for the construction of two new Aegis ships.



In addition,


▽ Expenses related to the development of the next fighter, which will be the successor to the F2 fighter of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force, were included.



In addition,


▽ Regarding the cost of stationing US forces in Japan, we have tentatively posted 2017 billion yen, which is the same level as this year, while the conclusion of the US-Japan negotiations was postponed within the year.

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

▽ We have included 3,759.1 billion yen as expenses for promoting disaster prevention, mitigation, and national resilience.



Of this amount, 300 billion yen has been recorded as the cost of implementing hydraulic control measures for rivers in response to a series of heavy rain disasters.



In addition,


the government has included 80.4 billion yen in the project cost of the Hokuriku Shinkansen, which has been delayed by about one year from the schedule, and the three maintenance Shinkansen in Hokkaido and Kyushu.

Ministry of the Environment

▽ In Fukushima Prefecture, which has been 10 years since the nuclear accident, 500 million yen was allocated to support reconstruction town development by introducing renewable energy and cutting-edge waste treatment technology.

Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

▽ In response to the decrease in demand for rice for eating out and the seriousness of "rice surplus", 305 billion yen has been included in the grant business that encourages the conversion of rice for main food to rice for feed and vegetables. I am.



In addition,


9.9 billion yen was recorded as expenses for market development and production center development in order to achieve the goal of raising the export value of agriculture

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forestry and fishery products and food products to 5 trillion yen by 2030.

Ministry of education

▽ In order to increase the number of doctoral degree holders, 2.3 billion yen is included in the project to support living expenses and research expenses for students studying in the doctoral program at the university.

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

▽ In order to support the business succession and reorganization of small and medium-sized enterprises, if the manager who took over the business makes new capital investment or market development, 1.6 billion yen will be added to the business to subsidize the cost when utilizing specialists. It was recorded.

Reconstruction Agency

▽ TEPCO Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station will start this year as a cost to strengthen information dissemination to dispel rumors about the disposal of water containing radioactive substances such as tritium, which is increasing continuously. Two billion yen, four times the budget, was recorded.

National Police Agency

▽ The cost of 22.3 billion yen, which is necessary for security and security to improve the security system of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics scheduled to be held next year and prevent terrorism, was recorded.