Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori indicated his qualified support Friday for a Liberal Democratic Party plan to allow construction bonds to be issued to fund outlays on projects other than public works.
"The trend of our age is changing, so there are conflicting views on the position of applying strict definitions to public works projects," Mori said.
His remarks came a day after an LDP panel commissioned with rethinking public works policy proposed amending the fiscal law to allow proceeds from issuing construction bonds to be used to fund projects unrelated to infrastructure construction.