Spending from the general account of the fiscal 2012 budget will likely be trimmed to just over ¥90 trillion — about ¥2 trillion less than what was initially provided for 2011, government sources said Saturday.
Expenditures from the general account exclude costs related to reconstruction from the March earthquake and tsunami that devastated the northeast.
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