Budget announces emergency Japan

22 April 2011 last updated at 03: 15 GMT see: Roland Bürk on Japan's emergency BudgetThe Japanese Government has announced a 4 trillion yen ($48 billion, ￡ 29 billion) Emergency budget for the emergency aid, after March earthquake and tsunami.

The budget still needs approval could be implemented by the Parliament this month, and in May.

Authorities say that no new bonds issued to finance the expenditure to prevent to add to enormous national debt of Japan.

The Government assumes that it costs as much as 25tn yen, rebuild the country.

The emergency budget aimed at disaster relief, which also the temporary housing, restore the infrastructure and disaster-related loans.

March 11 the earthquake left more than 27,000 people dead or missing.

It also destroyed infrastructure in the North East part of Japan and a nuclear disaster triggered.

Prime Minister Naoto Kan has said that this necessary, could finance the first of several additional budget to rebuild.

On Thursday, his Government made illegal there, a 20 km (12 miles) evacuation zone around the affected reactor Fukushima type.

Cooling systems were knocked out by the twin disasters and radiation has from the plant were leaking.

It is not clear how zone said many people in the evacuation of life, but reports, police had counted at least 60 families.

Ensure debt

The budget is financed Yen by the 2.5tn of pension funds, as well as money aside, to increase payments to families with children.

Money from emergency is also used reserves.

The devastation was described as the biggest crisis in the country since the end of the second war

But the Government has promised that no longer bonds for sale, or more money from the markets borrow it, to fund this expenditure.

Japan has a debt burden already double the size of the economy.

Some analysts warn, however, that the emissions in the debt in the future to reconstruction fund the Government to increase.

Controversial cuts

The BBC's Roland Bürk in Tokyo said that although future budgets emergency expected more borrowing were required, this one paid for would by expenditure cuts.

"There are plans to increase certificates for families with children will be scrapped and motorway toll be increased," he said.

"Money comes from immersion in pension reserves, [is the] population controversial in a country with a rapidly aging."

"Tax rises are also discussed."

He added that the budget likely, that Parliament, despite the misgivings of some of the measures, such as the opposition not be seen as money of those who need it always wants to prevent.

The Government hopes the budget will soon be, shall be adopted despite demands to Prime Minister Naoto Kan to resign.

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NASA Announces us shuttle museums

12 April 2011 last updated at 18: 33 GMT highlights from the first NASA shuttle mission, is launched in 12 museums in California April 1981Nasa three space shuttles, to send retired to Florida and suburban Washington.

Discovery heads, the air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center in Virginia, Atlantis Florida's Kennedy Space Center and in the effort, the California Science Center in Los Angeles.

Also, the prototype goes enterprise, which never flew in space, the Intrepid Museum in New York City.

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said that each shuttle had "to tell stories".

Mr. Bolden, a former astronaut who flew shuttle four times on that said "take well to our vehicles,". "they have served you well."

The former trade, sought employees in Cape Canaveral, Florida twenty-one institutions of the country but in a ceremony with Shuttle, Mr Bolden quipped NASA had only four go through.

The program did not survive two shuttles.

In January 1986, the Challenger disintegrated during launch, killing all seven crew on board. The Columbia, which was first Shuttle ever to fly in space, approaching landing in 2003, destroyed also the seven crew members killed.

The announcement in Florida always the first person on the Earth came on the 30th anniversary of the first space shuttle flight and on the 50th anniversary of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin orbiting.

The shuttle program is nearing an end, stay with only two flights.

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