http://www.mext.go.jp/component/b_menu/other/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2012/09/10/1325570_1.pdf
Look at this!
Found the 2013 budget while looking for information randomly on google.
:0 Not sure if there is a cut in MEXT scholarship stipend but there seems to be an increase in number of foreign students receiving scholarship from the Japanese goverment.
(refer to the last page for the part stating 国費外国人留学生への奨学金の給付 （11,006人）)
Look at this!
Found the 2013 budget while looking for information randomly on google.
:0 Not sure if there is a cut in MEXT scholarship stipend but there seems to be an increase in number of foreign students receiving scholarship from the Japanese goverment.
(refer to the last page for the part stating 国費外国人留学生への奨学金の給付 （11,006人）)