The government's reconstruction panel submitted a report Saturday to Prime Minister Naoto Kan mapping out measures needed to recover from the devastating March 11 quake and tsunami.
Dubbed "Fukko e no Teigen — Hisan no naka no Kibo" ("The Proposal Toward Reconstruction — Hope Within Despair"), the report covers a wide range of proposals, including the need to consider a tax hike to finance the series of reconstruction measures.
The government plans to draft second and third extra budgets for fiscal 2011 based on the report, but it is unclear how far the effort can move forward under a prime minister who has expressed his intention to resign.