Emperor Hirohito to-day officiated person at the first opening of a Diet' session.
Japan's Fighting Services will receive Y.1,400,018,000 or 46.3 per cent, of Japan's record budgetary expen diture of ¥.3,038,601,000 in the 1937. 88 seal year, the Treasury revealed. to-day, 'The Army's share of the appropprlations will total ¥.727,608,000, while the Navy will receive' ¥.681, 63,000, A major share of these funds will be devoted to extraordin ary defensive requirements, Or the revenues, ¥.2,014,997,000 will, come from ordinary chanels, while ¥.1,023,584,000 will be derived from special imposts, Of the expenditures, ¥.1,200,010,000 will be devoted to ordinary—needs and ¥.1,897,071,000 to extraordinary, requirements, Manchuria Costs 'The Army's greatest single item of expenditures, ¥.269,613,000, willie for expenses in Manchuria, 'The strengthening. of the air defence will cost Japan ¥.07,803,000, while improvement in' atmaments will cost Y¥.24,741,000, The purchases of war Mr; Julius Eigner and Mr. Robert Broese, effectives wil cost further ¥4000,- Tha Navy's major new expense will be in connection with the. construction of new vessels, ¥.60,757,000;
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