China News Service, December 21. According to Kyodo News, the Japanese government plans to finalize the 2021 annual budget at the cabinet meeting on the 21st.
According to reports, the scale of this budget is the largest in the history of the country, amounting to 106.61 trillion yen.
Data map: Tokyo, Japan.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Lu Shaowei
According to reports, in this budget, social security-related expenses have increased to approximately 35.8 trillion yen; defense expenses have exceeded 5 trillion yen for six consecutive years.
In addition, in response to the new crown epidemic, the budget has also added an epidemic response preparation fee of 5 trillion yen, which makes the total budget of about 106.61 trillion yen, compared with about 102.65 trillion days in 2020. Yuan increased significantly.
According to reports, after the Japanese government has finalized the budget at the Cabinet meeting, it plans to submit it to the 3rd supplementary budget in 2020 for deliberation in the ordinary parliament in 2021.