Japan eyes fresh stimulus plan worth over $929 billion to battle pandemic - Nikkei

CORONAVIRUS | Japan is considering a fresh stimulus package worth over US$929 billion that will consist mostly of financial aid programmes for companies hit by the coronavirus pandemic, the Nikkei newspaper said on Monday.

The package, to be funded by a second extra budget for the current fiscal year beginning in April, would follow a record US$1.1 trillion spending plan deployed last month to cushion the economic blow from the pandemic.