Although Okinawa Prefecture requests an Okinawa Promotion budget above the 300 billion yen level, the Government cuts the estimated budget request to 282.9 billion. (28au25)

Splendor of Okinawa: Scarlet Jungleflame, roadside Uruma, 26au25


Government sources have confirmed that the Cabinet Office has settled on a plan to increase the estimated 2026 Okinawa Promotion budget to 282.9 billion yen, an increase of 18.7 billion yen over its last year request. 


However, that fell short of Okinawa Prefecture ‘s request for a budget  above the 300 billion level as had been the standard. 


As for Okinawa Promotion, the Prefecture had figured 77.8 billion yen for lump sum grants whose purpose had already been settled and 10 billion yen for special business promotion expenses for assistance  to communities. 


Among the new projects, 1.2 billion yen would be allocated for assistance to research on state of the art medical technology and its applications.


However, funds for the Okinawa Promotion Plan budget have come to  fluctuate according to the Prefecture’s stance in opposition to the relocation of the US Military Futenma Airfield in Ginowan to Henoko in Nago, both in Okinawa Prefecture.


While Hirokazu Nakaima, who approved the landfill at Henoko,  was governor in 2013, the budget was at the 300 billion yen level.


However, now that Denny Tamaki, who has continually opposed the relocation is governor, this year's budget has failed to reach the 300 billion yen level for the fourth year in a row.


Original Japanese article: Shinniichi Shimbun,  published Tuesday 26 August 2025 at 17:17. Byline: Tatsuya Harada

https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/df6fb9f03dca7d875729e7458e07fbd004f96cab



Denny in the News:

Denny Tamaki is the governor of Okinawa Prefecture in Japan. Although Okinawa is important as an international tourist destination and a key element in strategic US Military Forces, its governor receives very little coverage in the Japanese press and almost none in the English language media. 


This blog hopes to  translate one news article a day on the governor.  It is unsponsored and unauthorized. The translator simply hopes to improve his skills and perhaps give the governor an English speaking audience. 


Any suggestion on improving the translation will be gratefully accepted. However, please leave political comments for another forum.


Where they occur, words and phrases in Ryukyuan (the Okinawan language) are rendered in italics and translated in parentheses. Names  whose readings are uncertain are rendered as Name (=Kanji?) as in Nagayuki (=長行?). Any corrections in such instances would be gratefully appreciated.

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