Japan said Friday it will relaunch a broad fiscal spending review, expanding scrutiny of public funds and subsidy programs to find financing for Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae’s high-cost policy commitments. The restart revives a Japan version of the US-style DOGE program (Government Efficiency Office plan). An earlier review of about 120 tax preferences yielded only three abolition proposals, prompting a tougher approach. The new round will target 201 special government funds, whose combined bal

Japan said Friday it will relaunch a broad fiscal spending review, expanding scrutiny of public funds and subsidy programs to find financing for Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae’s high-cost policy commitments. The restart revives a Japan version of the US-style DOGE program (Government Efficiency Office plan). An earlier review of about 120 tax preferences yielded only three abolition proposals, prompting a tougher approach. The new round will target 201 special government funds, whose combined balances are estimated at about ¥7 trillion ($443.5 billion) by the end of the next fiscal year.