予備費４７億円支出を決定　能登地震、被災地支援―政府

　政府は９日の閣議で、能登半島地震の被災者支援のため、２０２３年度予算の予備費から４７億３７９０万円を支出する方針を決定した。被災自治体の要請を待たず物資を緊急輸送する「プッシュ型支援」の一環で、当面の生活に必要な食料や飲料水、燃料などの輸送に充てる予定だ。
　予備費は国会の審議を経ずに政府が使い道を決められる。２３年度予算で使い残した予備費約４６００億円の一部を活用する。鈴木俊一財務相は閣議後記者会見で「被災者へのきめ細かい支援を迅速に行うため、必要な財政措置を臨機応変に講じていく」と述べた。
　国税庁は同日、被災した石川・富山両県に納税地のある個人と法人を対象に、国税の申告・納付などの期限を延長する措置を発表した。（2024/01/09-12:44）

The Japanese government at a cabinet meeting Tuesday decided to use 4,737.9 million yen out of reserve funds set aside under its fiscal 2023 budget to support people affected by the powerful earthquake that hit central Japan on New Year's Day.
   It plans to use the funds to provide food, drinking water and other relief supplies, and transport fuel to areas hit by the 7.6 magnitude earthquake, which mainly struck the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture.
   The government can decide how to use budget reserves without deliberation in the Diet, the country's parliament. Some 460 billion yen remains unused under its budget for fiscal 2023, which ends in March.
   "We will take necessary financial measures as needed to promptly provide full-fledged support to affected people," Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki told a press conference.
   Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has ordered an increase in reserves earmarked under the government's fiscal 2024 draft budget from 500 billion yen. He has also instructed the compilation of a package of measures aimed at helping disaster victims rebuild their lives and work.