{"id":174472,"date":"2025-11-20T13:41:58","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T04:41:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=174472&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-11-20T13:41:58","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T04:41:58","slug":"saga-plans-5-5-billion-extra-budget-for-care-tech-and-sports","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/saga-plans-5-5-billion-extra-budget-for-care-tech-and-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"Saga Plans \u00a55.5 Billion Extra Budget for Care Tech and Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saga Prefecture announced a \u00a55.5 billion supplementary budget on 19 November to fund staff pay increases and expand technology use in nursing care. About \u00a53.5 billion will go to salary adjustments, while \u00a5160 million will boost subsidies for ICT tools and care robots through the SAGA Care Work Efficiency Support Center. Another \u00a5120 million is set aside to develop \u201cNest Village,\u201d a U-15 training base for Sagan Tosu under the SSP initiative. Two new \u00a56 million projects will support outdoor programs for people with disabilities and marine plastic awareness and cleanup in northern coastal areas. After the revision, the prefecture\u2019s general account will total \u00a5533.5 billion, down 1.7% from a year earlier. <\/span><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pref.saga.lg.jp\/chiji\/kiji003116929\/index.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saga Prefecture<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-174469\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fnn_wiki-saga-prefectural_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Saga Plans \u00a55.5 Billion Extra Budget for Care Tech and Sports\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fnn_wiki-saga-prefectural_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fnn_wiki-saga-prefectural_2025_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fnn_wiki-saga-prefectural_2025_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fnn_wiki-saga-prefectural_2025_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Photo from <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wikimedia<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Commons<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. 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