The Biden administration has announced a part of the budget plan for the next fiscal year, which will be the first time since the administration was inaugurated, and demanded a significant increase in areas other than national defense, such as climate change countermeasures, which is regarded as a major issue, and will launch a shift from the previous administration. I am.

On the 9th, the Biden administration announced a part of the government's proposal, which will be about 167 trillion yen in Japanese yen, for the budget formulation for the 2022 fiscal year starting in October.



Among these, in the field of climate change countermeasures, which is positioned as a major issue, the amount will be increased by more than 1.5 trillion yen compared to this year, infrastructure development for charging electric vehicles, and new employment for workers in the fossil fuel industry. In addition to securing employment, the company plans to actively invest in education for the poor with the aim of reducing disparities.



Compared to this year's budget, this announcement is a significant increase of 16% outside the defense sector, while it is only a 1.7% increase in the defense sector, emphasizing the expansion of defense spending. It is in the form of a shift from the former Trump administration.



In the future, the Biden administration will submit a "budget textbook" that shows the overall picture of the government's proposal to the parliament, which has the authority to formulate the budget, in the form of adding social security expenses.



However, only a part of the budget announced this time has already exceeded the total budget for this year, and the Biden administration has announced a policy to make large-scale fiscal mobilization for economic measures and infrastructure development. , Opposition and Republicans that emphasize fiscal discipline are also expected to oppose.