Japan’s Abe pledges ‘unprecedented’ stimulus to combat virus fallout

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Japan's PM Abe holds news conference on coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Japan
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe holds a news conference on Japan’s response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at his official residence in Tokyo, Japan, March 28, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato

March 28, 2020

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Saturday his government will compile an unprecedentedly big economic stimulus that will include cash payouts to households and small firms hit by the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.

“We will lay out a stimulus package of unprecedented size that will exceed the one compiled after the Lehman crisis,” Abe told a news conference, adding that the package will include fiscal, monetary and tax measures.

The government will compile a supplementary budget for the fiscal year beginning in April in the next 10 days to fund the package, he added.

(Reporting by Stanley White and Leika Kihara; Editing by William Mallard)

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