The government has decided on the 19th to take new economic measures, including support measures for those affected by the new corona.
We are proceeding with discussions with the ruling party with a view to increasing the total amount of fiscal expenditure, including national and local expenditures, to 40 trillion yen.
The government will decide on new economic measures on the 19th to support those affected by the new Corona and rebuild the economy.
Economic measures will include benefits worth 100,000 yen for those under the age of 18, up to 2.5 million yen for small and medium-sized enterprises, and measures against high crude oil prices.
In addition, the policy is to raise the immediate income of those who work in the field such as nursing, long-term care, and childcare with this economic measure, and for nurses, the treatment of nurses will be improved by about 1% from February next year, gradually. It was decided to raise it to about 3%.
For these reasons, the government is proceeding with discussions with the ruling party with a view to increasing the total amount of fiscal expenditure for economic measures such as national and local expenditures to 40 trillion yen.
The government wants to promptly pass the supplementary budget for this year, which will support the new economic measures, at the extraordinary Diet session to convene next month.