Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said Tuesday that the government has begun compiling a provisional budget, signaling growing concern that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi＊s administration will be unable to pass the budget by the end of the fiscal year this month.
This has provided ammunition for the opposition to accuse the Takaichi administration of political mismanagement.
Only weeks ago, the prospect of the Takaichi administration resorting to a provisional budget appeared remote. After all, it has been 11 years since a government has even drafted a provisional budget.
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