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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.
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