国土強靱化へ新５カ年対策　現行計画を上積み―政府

　政府は１１日午前の閣議で、防災・減災、国土強靱（きょうじん）化に関する２０２１年度から５年間の新たな対策を決定した。総事業費は１５兆円程度。風水害や巨大地震への備えや、インフラの老朽化対策を急ぐ。２０年度末に期限を迎える現行の３カ年緊急対策の後継計画との位置付けだが、１年当たりの事業規模は、現行の２兆３０００億円程度から３兆円程度に上積みする。
　閣議に先立ち、首相官邸で国土強靱化推進本部を開催。菅義偉首相は「省庁、官民の垣根を越えて、災害に屈しない国土づくりを進めるようお願いする」と関係閣僚に指示した。（2020/12/11-11:08）

The Japanese government adopted Friday a five-year, 15-trillion-yen program to make the country more resilient against natural disasters such as floods and earthquakes.
   Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga directed ministers to accelerate efforts toward the goal. The new program begins in April 2021.
   The government boosted the size of the program to 3 trillion yen per year from 2.3 trillion yen under the current three-year program set to expire in March 2021.
   The increase came in response to a request from the ruling bloc, which is looking at the next general election.
   Under the new program, the government plans to spend 12.3 trillion yen to strengthen measures against natural disasters, such as improving levees and building dams, and 2.7 trillion yen for fixing aging roads and sewage systems.