In the fiscal year 2020, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) in Japan planned to utilize around 58 billion Japanese yen for an emergency aid package supporting sports and cultural activities following the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). About 40.5 billion yen were prepared for the support of schools to reopen with a safe learning environment after the countrywide closing down due to the spread of COVID-19 infections.
Following the accelerated impact of COVID-19, the government announced the second supplementary budget in June 2020 as an addition to the initial annual budget and the first supplementary budget stated by the end of April 2020.
Breakdown of second supplementary budget of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) in Japan in fiscal year 2020, by purpose
(in million Japanese yen)
fiscal year 2020; the Japanese fiscal year starts on April 1 of the stated year and ends on March 31 of the following year
Supplementary notes
*Special needs education schools are schools for mentally and/or physically challenged children, inclusive of kindergarten to upper secondary school levels. **The interest of short loans that national university corporations received from private organizations in order to accept COVID-19 patients with serious symptoms at their university hospitals.
100 Japanese yen equal 0.74 U.S. dollars or 0.70 euros as of December 2022. Figures have been rounded.
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MEXT (Japan). (June 12, 2020). Breakdown of second supplementary budget of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) in Japan in fiscal year 2020, by purpose (in million Japanese yen) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1190301/japan-mext-second-supplementary-budget-by-purpose/
MEXT (Japan). "Breakdown of second supplementary budget of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) in Japan in fiscal year 2020, by purpose (in million Japanese yen)." Chart. June 12, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1190301/japan-mext-second-supplementary-budget-by-purpose/
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Breakdown of second supplementary budget of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) in Japan in fiscal year 2020, by purpose (in million Japanese yen) [Graph], MEXT (Japan), June 12, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1190301/japan-mext-second-supplementary-budget-by-purpose/
