Eight Kyushu and Okinawa Prefectures / FY2026 Initial Budget Formulation Guidelines / Request Levels Nearly at the Same Level as Previous Year
November 11, 2025, Government/Organization
The initial budget formulation guidelines for FY2026 have been released for the eight Kyushu and Okinawa prefectures. Each prefecture has thoroughly implemented budget allocation through selection and concentration, and has set request levels roughly at the same level as the previous year. Fukuoka, Oita, and Miyazaki indicated that they will flexibly adjust public works spending during the budget formulation process, taking into account the status of budget measures for the national government's First Mid-Term National Resilience Implementation Plan. Nagasaki Prefecture will adopt a framework budget following the gubernatorial election.
Fukuoka Prefecture's public works budget request levels will be considered based on economic and employment conditions, as well as the required amount for recovery and reconstruction measures from the heavy rain disaster, and the status of budget measures for national resilience, including disaster prevention and mitigation and measures for aging facilities, which are specified as items in the national budget request. Subsidized project costs will be 100% of the previous year's initial budget, and independent project costs will be within 98%.
Saga Prefecture's requested investment expenses will be within the annual required amount for expenses for extraordinary and large-scale projects, extraordinary expenses, and disaster recovery projects, and within the amount presented by the Finance Division for ordinary construction projects.
Nagasaki Prefecture has set its requested level for within-frame ordinary construction independent projects (projects for which a budget is secured within a certain frame) at within 97% of the previous year's initial budget, and for public works expenses at within 100%.
Kumamoto Prefecture can request the estimated required amount for projects related to the Kumamoto earthquake and the heavy rain disaster that occurred in August, for which it has set priority frames. Of investment expenses other than these, subsidized projects will be within 90% of the previous year's initial budget, independent projects (non-maintenance-related) will be within 80%, and the same amount for independent projects (maintenance-related).
Oita Prefecture has set its requested levels for public works, general national treasury-subsidized projects, and independent projects within the range of the previous year's initial budget. However, it has indicated that it will adjust public works expenses separately during the budget formulation process, taking into account the situation of the national government's First Medium-Term Implementation Plan for National Resilience.
Among Miyazaki Prefecture's request standards, the prefecture's independent public works expenses, which are implemented in conjunction with national resilience measures, have been appropriately addressed based on the results of past efforts and national budget formulation trends. The direct project contribution amount for expressways has been set at the estimated amount announced.
Kagoshima Prefecture's request standards for ordinary construction project expenses are the same as last year, with both public works and prefectural independent public works being less than the previous year's initial budget on a general revenue basis, and the same amount as the previous year's initial budget on a total project cost basis.
Okinawa Prefecture has set the request level for policy projects, including investment expenses (subsidies, independent, disaster recovery projects), within the scope of each department's initial budget for the previous year.
