THE JAPANESE BUDGET IN BRIEF(2000)

THE JAPANESE BUDGET IN BRIEF

2000

Budget Bureau
Ministry of Finance

CONTENTS

PREFACE
I JAPAN'S CURRENT FISCAL POSITION
	1. History of Public Finance and the Current Fiscal Situation
	2. General Government Fiscal Position
	3. National Burden Ratio

II OUTLINE OF THE FY2000 BUDGET
	1. Underlying Economic Circumstance and its Countermeasures in Japan
	2. Highlights of the FY2000 Budget
	3. Fiscal Stance of the FY2000 Budget in Japan

III BUDGET PROGRAM BY FUNCTION
	1. Social Security
	2. Public Works
	3. Education and Science
	4. Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries
	5. Small and Medium-sized Businesses
	6. Economic Cooperation
	7. National Defense
	8. Energy
	9. Local Government Finance
	10. National Debt Service
	11. Reducing the Number of Civil Servants

IV

MEDIUM-TERM FISCAL PROJECTION AND MEDIUM-TERM FISCAL ESTIMATE, BASED ON SIMPLE ASSUMPTION OF GENERAL EXPENDITURES

V MEASURES FOR FISCAL CONSOLIDATION
VI BUDGET SYSTEM AND PROCESS
	1. Overview
	2. Government Bonds
	3. Fiscal Year
	4. Types of Budgets
	5. Composition of the Budget
	6. Fiscal System Council
	7. Budget Process
	8. Execution of the Budget
	9. Provisional and Supplementary Budgets
	10. Settlement of Accounts

VII FISCAL INVESTMENT AND LOAN PROGRAM (FILP)
	1. Introduction
	2. Outline of the FILP
	3. Procedure of Planning FILP and Discussions in the Diet
	4. The FILP Plan for FY2000
	5. Fundamental Reform of FILP

APPENDIXES
	Appendix A.	Outline of the First Supplementary Budget for FY1999
	Appendix B.	Outline of the Policy Measures for Economic Rebirth
	Appendix C.	Outline of the Second Supplementary Budget for FY1999
	Appendix D.	Economic Outlook and Basic Policy Stance on Economic Management for FY2000
	Appendix E.	Fiscal Policy Speech by Minister of Finance Kiichi Miyazawa in the 147th Session of the National Diet
	Appendix F.	Main Points of "Ideal Socioeconomy and Policies for Economic Rebirth"

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