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対立候補支援の２市町、道路予算が最大５４％減 簗氏「カット」発言、圧力なし―国交省
簗和生農林水産相、５日、国会内２月の衆院選で首長が簗和生農林水産相の対立候補を支援した栃木県内２市町に対する今年度の道路関連予算が、前年度比最大５４％減額されていたことが６日、分かった。 Road-related budgets for two municipalities in the eastern Japan prefecture of Tochigi, whose mayors did not back agriculture minister Kazuo Yana in the House of Representatives election in February, have been slashed by as much as around 54percentagefrom the previous fiscal year, it was learned Tuesday.
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