The government plans to submit a draft extra budget exceeding 3 trillion yen on June 3 to bolster reserves amid Middle East tensions.
The draft extra budget for fiscal 2026 will be submitted on June 3. It totals over 3 trillion yen.
The measure focuses on increasing reserve funds. This comes in response to tensions in the Middle East.
The announcement was made on May 27.
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Bundesfinanzminister Lars Klingbeil plant für 2027 neue Schulden von fast 204 Milliarden Euro. Das Kabinett soll den Entwurf am Montag beschließen.
Sanae Takaichi has presented a supplementary budget of $19 billion. She pledged that no additional borrowing would be used to fund it.
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Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's cabinet approved its first economic and fiscal policy guidelines on Tuesday, emphasizing aggressive fiscal spending. The plan treats the next fiscal year as the first year of responsible and proactive spending and targets 370 trillion yen in combined investment by fiscal 2040.
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The Liberal Democratic Party and Constitutional Reform Alliance have settled on a schedule for debating the supplementary budget for fiscal 2026.