Japan to compile $1.7 billion third extra budget for defense, infrastructure: government sources
Reuters
Published Dec 15, 2016 02:51AM ET
Japan to compile $1.7 billion third extra budget for defense, infrastructure: government sources
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan is set to compile a third supplementary budget worth about $1.7 billion for this fiscal year to March, featuring disaster reconstruction and military spending to cope with North Korea's missile launches, government sources involved in the budget process said on Thursday.
The roughly 200 billion yen budget will comprise some 600 billion yen in spending for areas such as defense and infrastructure spending - but 420 billion yen of that will be covered by tapping reserves left over previous budgets, the sources told Reuters.
A small amount of the budget also covers tax grants and transfers to local governments.
The government will issue construction bonds worth about 100 billion yen and tap non-tax revenue worth around 100 billion yen to fund the extra budget, the sources said on condition of anonymity because the plan has not been finalised.
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