Prime Minister Naoto Kan suggested Monday that the second extra budget for fiscal 2011 to pay for reconstruction in areas ravaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami won't be ready until August at the earliest.

"We will consider (how to craft the budget) based on local opinions," Kan told a Diet session, adding that local governments in the Tohoku region are planning to present reconstruction plans in July and August.

The administration led by the Democratic Party of Japan had initially planned to secure Diet approval of the supplementary budget during the current legislative session, which will end June 22 if it isn't extended.