Osaka Unveils Major Supplementary Budgets as Minamata and Arao File Smaller Additions

Overview

• Osaka’s third supplementary general account plan allocates ¥8.915 billion for salary revisions recommended by the personnel committee, funded via transfers from the fiscal adjustment fund.
• Osaka’s separate fourth supplement totals ¥56.23359 billion and includes initial spending for a new dementia and medical facility at Koseiin (¥219 million) with related multi‑year commitments of ¥22.24 billion.
• The fourth supplement also provides ¥200 million to support reforms at the Osaka Social Medical Center and authorizes multi‑year obligations for a global startup event (¥128 million), school site preparation (¥25 million), and 40 facilities under designated management (¥18.874 billion).
• Minamata proposes a ¥266.4 million increase featuring support for JNC’s perovskite solar R&D (¥36.05 million), a sewage‑based influenza surveillance pilot (¥22.28 million), and higher staff costs (¥54.65 million), with the package to be submitted to the city council on November 27.
• Arao seeks a ¥1.2089 billion addition, budgeting ¥42 million to replace a junior high elevator and ¥268.73 million for hometown‑tax return‑gift costs, with donations now projected at ¥1.2 billion—about 70% above the initial estimate—and the proposal set for council consideration on November 27.