Finance Minister Jun Azumi referred Tuesday to the possibility of compiling by the end of December a fourth extra budget for this fiscal year to provide additional financing for March 11-related relief work.
“I will ask for a comprehensive decision” by Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda if it becomes clear that the government has spare money under the initial budget for fiscal 2011, Azumi told a Diet committee.
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