The government has no plans at present to draft a supplementary budget for fiscal 2002, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda said Tuesday.
"At present, we are not considering (an extra budget), although I cannot say we will never do so," the government's top spokesman told a regular news conference.
Fukuda added that leaders of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, New Komeito and the New Conservative Party will meet in September to discuss financial and economic issues, indicating the ruling bloc will determine whether to draw up an extra budget at the meeting.