The administration said Tuesday it will suspend ¥2.5 trillion in the supplementary budget drawn up by the previous government and use the money to bankroll the Democratic Party of Japan's election pledges, including child-rearing allowances and toll-free expressways.
Broken down by ministry, the land ministry will get ¥887.5 billion less than it was expecting, a decrease of 38.1 percent, while the agriculture ministry will miss out on ¥476.3 billion and the health ministry ¥435.9 billion.
The administration will also slash ¥455.2 billion from public works projects, though no specifics on how this cut will be made were forthcoming.