With just days to go before the end of the current fiscal year, Japan's parliament has yet to pass the budget for fiscal 2025. Is this a big problem? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/28/japan/politics/budget-march-passage/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #budgets #shigeruishiba #ldp #cdp #2025upperhouseelection #upperhouse
Even as the clock ticks down on Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's efforts to pass the fiscal 2025 budget this month, his time is instead being spent apologizing for recent remarks about an anti-inflation package. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/27/japan/politics/ishiba-budget-negotiations/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #shigeruishiba #budgets #ldp #cdp
@Wyvernsridge
I respectfully suggest that this kind of illogical comparison does nothing to inform the public on the size of treasury expenditure involved. It merely stokes the belief that society is being ‘robbed’ of better social services and forms the thinking that a reduced defence expenditure would magically solve all the problems associated with the cost of living crisis (aka Corporate grifting). All the while entrenching the thought that we don’t need the #ADF or that it’s quite large enough thank you.
(Obviously those who are or have served know better than anyone how fragile our defence is)
@ChrisMayLA6
#Forecasting (economics) is fraught with inaccuracies (as they must be in an irrational world) and yet, it is a vital task in setting #budgets, an ungrateful task. The problem lies not with the frail forecasts but with the decisions based on over optimistic outcomes and a desire to achieve, politically speaking, what few other govt have.
I relate it to #project management planning phases with spend lines and timings - very few (if any at all depending on the sector concerned) live up to their painstakingly put together Gantt charts.
And therein lies the lessons that govts seem clueless about.
The United States averted a government shutdown with hours to spare Friday as lawmakers already reeling from President Donald Trump's radical federal spending cuts voted to keep the lights on through September. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/15/world/politics/us-congress-government-shutdown/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #congress #us #republicans #democrats #budgets #donaldtrump
U.S. President Donald Trump’s pick to be ambassador to Japan, George Glass, said he will "undoubtedly" need to press Japan to contribute more money for hosting American troops. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/14/japan/politics/george-glass-us-japan-ambassador-cost-sharing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #georgeglass #us #usmilitary #usbases #usjapanrelations #defense #budgets #donaldtrump #congress
China intends to boost defense spending by 7.2% in 2025, the same level for the third year in a row, it said Wednesday as the country continues to modernize its military amid its growing rivalry with the United States. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/05/asia-pacific/politics/china-defense-budget-2025/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #china #pla #usmilitary #defense #budgets #taiwan
Japan and Taiwan must dramatically ramp up defense spending in order to deter war with China, U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the Pentagon's top policy official has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/05/japan/politics/pentagon-japan-defense-spending/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #usjapanrelations #us #defense #donaldtrump #elbridgecolby #budgets #taiwan #china #pla
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba overcame the first major hurdle of the year for his administration after the Lower House approved a ¥115.2 trillion ($772 billion) revised budget proposal for fiscal 2025. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/04/japan/politics/budget-approval/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #komeito #dpp #nipponishinnokai #cdp #budgets #taxes #diet #shigeruishiba
The main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan held a party convention on Monday and adopted a program of activities for fiscal 2025 that positions a change of government as its top goal. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/25/japan/politics/japan-cdp-convention/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #cdp #dpp #yoshihikonoda #ldp #budgets
COVID-19 Relief Funds: Chicago officials would have an additional $87 million to spend on a host of programs designed to repair the city’s tattered social safety net, but the #chicago City Council used those funds to balance the 2025 budget and avert a property tax hike. #news #budgets #politics https://news.wttw.com/2025/02/24/city-has-142m-left-federal-covid-19-relief-funds-after-87m-cuts-balance-2025-budget
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan's approval of the fiscal 2025 budget depends on how far the Liberal Democratic Party-led ruling coalition accepts its proposed amendments, party chief Yoshihiko Noda says. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/18/japan/politics/cdp-not-approval-budget/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #cdp #yoshihikonoda #ldp #budgets
Talks between Japan's ruling coalition and opposition parties on key policies are poised to reach a critical juncture as the governing pair aims to enact the state budget for fiscal 2025 within the current fiscal 2024. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/11/japan/politics/japan-ruling-opposition-talks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #shigeruishiba #ldp #komeito #nipponishin #budgets #lowerhouse
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has won praise for his deft handling of U.S. leader Donald Trump, squelching critics’ view that Trump would walk all over the bookish Japanese leader during their first meeting last week. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/10/japan/politics/ishiba-trump-meeting-analysis/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #shigeruishiba #donaldtrump #us #usjapanrelations #trade #energy #defense #budgets #tariffs #tradewar
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba risks rejection of his annual budget if he doesn’t concede more ground and offer a higher tax-free allowance, according to the Democratic Party for the People’s policy chief. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/28/japan/politics/japan-opposition-parties-budget/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #dpp #makotohamaguchi #shigeruishiba #budgets
The central government will strive to balance economic revitalization and fiscal consolidation, Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato said in a fiscal policy speech to parliament on Friday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/01/24/economy/finance-chief-fiscal-consolidation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #shigeruishiba #diet #financeministry #katsunobukato #japaneseeconomy #budgets #fiscalspending
Comment le Plan #vélo a déraillé
https://www.lagazettedescommunes.com/964551/comment-le-plan-velo-a-deraille/
> Au grand #dam des associations du secteur, l’Etat ne semble guère décidé à honorer ses #engagements en faveur de la petite reine. La #pratique, pourtant, génère de sérieuses économies dans les #budgets de la #santé publique.
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A perfect storm is brewing for the U.S.-Japan relationship with Donald Trump’s return to the White House this week. But Tokyo may be able to weather it better this time than the first. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/19/japan/politics/us-japan-relations-trump-ishiba/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #us #usjapanrelations #china #trade #shigeruishiba #donaldtrump #defense #budgets #nipponsteel #ussteel #usmilitary
