For the fiscal year 2024, the initial general account budget of the Japanese national government for military pension expenditures was set at around 77 billion Japanese yen. Due to a decreasing number of eligible recipients since the Second World War, the budget has been shrinking gradually each year, reaching a record low in the revised final figure from fiscal this year.
Military pension expenditures of the government's general account budget in Japan from fiscal year 2015 to 2022 with forecasts until 2024
(in billion Japanese yen)
fiscal years 2015 to 2022; the Japanese fiscal year starts on April 1 of the stated year and ends on March 31 of the following year
Supplementary notes
*Revised budget. **Initial budget. Excluding the Temporal and Special Measures.
According to the source, Japan's national budget consists of the general account, special accounts, and the budget for government-affiliated agencies. The general account covers core national expenditures such as public works or social security.
100 Japanese yen equal 0.65 U.S. dollars or 0.6 euros as of November 2024.
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Statistics Bureau of Japan. (September 20, 2024). Military pension expenditures of the government's general account budget in Japan from fiscal year 2015 to 2022 with forecasts until 2024 (in billion Japanese yen) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 11, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/630247/japan-general-account-budget-pension-expenditures/
Statistics Bureau of Japan. "Military pension expenditures of the government's general account budget in Japan from fiscal year 2015 to 2022 with forecasts until 2024 (in billion Japanese yen)." Chart. September 20, 2024. Statista. Accessed March 11, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/630247/japan-general-account-budget-pension-expenditures/
Statistics Bureau of Japan. (2024). Military pension expenditures of the government's general account budget in Japan from fiscal year 2015 to 2022 with forecasts until 2024 (in billion Japanese yen). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 11, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/630247/japan-general-account-budget-pension-expenditures/
Statistics Bureau of Japan. "Military Pension Expenditures of The Government's General Account Budget in Japan from Fiscal Year 2015 to 2022 with Forecasts until 2024 (in Billion Japanese Yen)." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Sep 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/630247/japan-general-account-budget-pension-expenditures/
Statistics Bureau of Japan, Military pension expenditures of the government's general account budget in Japan from fiscal year 2015 to 2022 with forecasts until 2024 (in billion Japanese yen) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/630247/japan-general-account-budget-pension-expenditures/ (last visited March 11, 2025)
Military pension expenditures of the government's general account budget in Japan from fiscal year 2015 to 2022 with forecasts until 2024 (in billion Japanese yen) [Graph], Statistics Bureau of Japan, September 20, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/630247/japan-general-account-budget-pension-expenditures/
