The Japanese government decided Friday to spend around 132.5 billion yen ($892 million) from reserve funds to support reconstruction efforts in a disaster-hit peninsula and to cover costs for the upcoming general election later this month. It will be the first time for the administration of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who took office earlier this month, to allocate reserve funds, which the government can use at its discretion without parliamentary approval. About 50.9 billion yen will be used to rebuild roads and public facilities and for other projects in the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Pre…