[FY2012 budget request] Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism / GX budgets 164 billion yen, strengthening building energy conservation and port development

　On the 24th, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism finalized a budget request for the fiscal 2024 budget. The total amount of the general account is 7,038.9 billion yen, up 19% from the initial budget for FY2011. In the GX (Green Transformation) sector, 164 billion yen will be allocated to strengthening energy-saving measures for buildings and decarbonizing ports and harbors. In order to build national resilience, he announced a policy of promoting dam construction as part of efforts for "watershed flood control" to prepare for increasingly severe floods and landslides.