MEXT FY 2020 First Supplementary Budget: 276.3 billion yen(approved by the Diet on April 30, 2020)
Support for reopening of schools
Coronavirus countermeasures at schools: 13.7 billion yen
Support for purchasing of masks and disinfectants needed for thorough conducting of basic
coronavirus countermeasures at schools.
Improvement of hygienic environment at schools, etc. (restrooms, school lunch
facilities, etc.): 10.6 billion yen
Improvement of hygienic environment of school facilities, including maintaining restrooms,school lunch facilities, etc., as well as preparing and maintaining ventilation fans ingymnasiums and sports facilities, with the aim of preventing the spread of infectious
diseases, including COVID-19.
Placement of lecturers and tutors: 800 million yen
Additional placement of lecturers and tutors to support students' supplementary learning inorder to complete unfinished parts of the curriculum at the end of the school year.
Support for experiential activities for children (nature, sports, culture): 2.1 billion
yen
Creation of opportunities for nature-experience and sports activities as well as enhancementof opportunities to experience cultural arts activities that had been lost due to the spread ofCOVID-19.
Support for cancellation fees, etc., arising from cancellation or postponement ofschool excursions: 600 million yen
Provision of financial support to lessen the financial burden on parents for cancellation fees,etc., due to canceled or postponed school excursions.
Support for students whose household finances dramatically changed: 700 million
yenSupport for waiving tuitions and other fees for students whose household finances changed
significantly due to the impact of COVID-19.

Smooth conducting of Examination for Japanese University Admission forInternational Students: 100 million yen
Support to cover necessary expenses for anti-coronavirus measures so that theExamination for Japanese University Admission for International Students (taken by mostpersons who want to enter a Japanese university as an international student) can be held
without delay.
Ensuring Learning for students during school closures
Ensuring learning through the acceleration of the GIGA School Program: 229.2
billion yen
Through the acceleration of the integrated preparation of hardware, software, and humanresources under the GIGA School Program, which calls for the prompt provision of "onecomputer per student" and the preparation of communications environments that connect
even to students' homes, MEXT will support the prompt realization of an environment thatensures learning for all children through using ICT.
Ensuring learning opportunities at universities through the accelerated building ofenvironments for distance learning classes : 2.7 billion yen
MEXT will promote the preparation of environments enabling all universities, technicalcolleges, and specialized training colleges to prepare the facilities and systems for distancelearning classes and provide advanced education using digital technology.
Support for coronavirus research, and university hospitals
Acceleration of R&D for finding countermeasures to the novel coronavirus: 6.4
billion yen
MEXT will support strengthening the research foundation at universities and otherinstitutions that are contributing to the development of treatment drugs and vaccines andthe establishment of new testing methods and for the development of rapid COVID-19
testing systems.
Preparation of systems at university hospitals for accepting COVID-19 patients:
2.5 billion yen
To overcome COVID-19, which is still not completely understood, MEXT will support
providing and maintaining medical equipment at university hospitals as well as the trainingof needed advanced medical personnel.

Using national youth education facilities to combat COVID-19: 1.2 billion yen
To receive Japanese students returning from overseas, MEXT will support the preparationof hygienic environments at existing accommodations at convenient and large facilities
owned by the National Institution for Youth Education.
Support for sports and cultural arts activities
Coronavirus countermeasures at the Japan High Performance Sport Center: 200
million yen
MEXT will support the installation of ventilating equipment to prevent the spread of COVID19 at the Japan Institute of Sports Sciences in the run-up to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics andParalympics.
Support for holding of events to recover interest in and enthusiasm for sports andcultural arts: 2.2 billion yen
MEXT will promote the smooth and full-fledged resumption of sports events through its
support for COVID-19 countermeasures and publicity activities to attract spectators. MEXT
will also support cultural organizations and freelance artists in holding lectures, exhibits andexhibitions, etc., in order to heighten interest in culture and the arts.
Improvement to viewing environments by using cutting-edge technology andstrengthening the earning capacity of cultural facilities: 1.4 billion yen
MEXT will promote the independent operation of cultural facilities by supporting the creationof new appreciation and viewing models―taking advantage of the special characteristics ofeach genre in the performing arts―and the development of model projects such as
exhibitions that use high-definition visual contents.
Support for COVID-19 countermeasures for the reopening cultural facilities: 2.1
billion yen
MEXT will fund coronavirus countermeasures at cultural facilities, the preparation of thecorrect environment for the restarting performances, etc., and the introduction of a timereserved visitor system to minimize the risk of infection.