The government will put off submitting a second supplementary budget designed to stimulate the economy until January, when the ordinary Diet session assembles, rather than float it during the current extraordinary session, Prime Minister Taro Aso revealed Tuesday.
The government "would like to submit a second extra budget to the Diet early in the new year," Aso said. "We are currently not in a situation to be able to quickly put together the supplemental budget."
He said details of the extra budget, which would finance the government's proposed ¥2 trillion cash handout program, will likely be finalized around Dec. 20.