EDITORIAL: Japan should stop using extra budgets for no-limit spending | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
A poster promoting the Go To Travel program is seen in the Asakusa district in Tokyo’s Taito Ward on Dec. 28, 2020. Expenses for the program were also included in the supplemental budget, but due to lack of sufficient screening on the feasibility, its implementation is now on hold. (Asahi Shimbun file photo) The government’s wanton use of supplementary budgets ensures the failure of its plan to cure its budget woes even if it manages to make initial budgets appear capable of achieving fiscal health. The Cabinet recently approved budget request guidelines for the fiscal 2022 initial budget...