Okinawa’s development budget for 2022 falls below 300-billion-yen, Governor Tamaki decries “a very regrettable way to start Okinawa’s 50th year since the reversion”

Okinawa’s development budget for 2022 falls below 300-billion-yen, Governor Tamaki decries “a very regrettable way to start Okinawa’s 50th year since the reversion”

Okinawa governor Denny Tamaki called the drastically reduced development budget for Okinawa in 2022 “very regrettable” – December 22, Okinawa Health Department


December 23 Ryukyu Shimpo

By Masaaki Umeda

 

Upon hearing the news on December 22 that the 2022 Okinawa Development Budget would fall below 300 billion yen for the first time in 10 years, dropping 33 billion yen to 268 billion, Okinawa governor Denny Tamaki made a statement, saying, “This budget, which is meant to become a new phase of economic development in Okinawa as it starts its 50th year [next year] since the reversion to Japan, cannot be thought to reflect the prefecture, its towns and cities, or its people.”

 

Tamaki commented that next year was supposed to be the start of a new phase of Okinawa’s economic development in which it would contribute to the Japanese economy, saying, “This drastic cut to the budget can only be described as very regrettable.”

 

In the budget is a single lump sum for which Okinawa can decide how it will be used, and this looks like it will be drastically cut by 21.9 billion yen to 76.2 billion yen. Tamaki stressed, “I wonder to what extent the development of Okinawa can be fostered with this limited budget. We continue to be completely devoted to the development of Okinawa, and its cities and towns.” Governor Tamaki gave these remarks to reporters after visiting Okinawa’s health department, which has been burdened by a new wave of coronavirus infections.

 

(English translation by T&CT and Sam Grieb)

 

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