Japan’s debt-strapped government unveiled a budgeting mechanism to try to minimize the financial burden of new green and other growth initiatives by tying funding to cost-cutting results at its ministries.
Under the plan, ministries get ¥3 to spend on projects in targeted areas including the environment and digitalization for every yen they’re able to cut from other spending, according to documents released by the Cabinet Office Wednesday.
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