一般会計、１０２兆円台後半　税収６３兆円台に―２０年度予算案

　政府は１３日、２０２０年度予算案の一般会計総額を１０２兆円台後半とする方向で調整に入った。１９年度当初予算の１０１．５兆円を上回り、過去最大で、２年連続で１００兆円を超える。財源となる税収は６３兆円台となる見通しだ。
　社会保障費や防衛費がいずれも過去最高額となる見込みで、歳出総額を押し上げる。社会保障費では、高齢化に伴う医療・介護費の増加や、消費税増税に伴う幼児教育・保育の無償化に必要な経費の増加分が主な要因だ。防衛費も宇宙、サイバーなど新領域での対処能力強化で膨張する。（2019/12/13-22:42）

The Japanese government is expected to draft a fiscal 2020 general-account budget worth over 102.5 trillion yen, informed sources said Friday.
   The figure would be larger than the record high of some 101.5 trillion yen for the fiscal 2019 initial budget, exceeding 100 trillion yen for the second consecutive year.
   This is because social security spending will hit an all-time high due to a rise in medical and nursing care costs reflecting the aging of society and growth in expenditures for a program to make nursery and kindergarten services free of charge, the sources said.
   The government will also likely see record defense spending as it is working to develop capabilities to deal with threats in new fields such as space and cyberspace, according to the sources.
   Some 1.8 trillion yen will be allocated for a special quota for economic stimulus measures to cushion the impact of the consumption tax hike to 10 pct from 8 pct in October this year, the sources said.