Japan eyes additional stimulus package to spur virus-hit economy

Japan is considering an additional economic stimulus package focusing on boosting consumption dampened by the novel coronavirus pandemic, government sources said Tuesday.Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is expected to instruct officials to draw up the specifics next month at the earliest, with the draft of the government's third supplementary budget for fiscal 2020 to be compiled by the end of the year to finance the policy measures, the sources said.The draft extra budget is likely to be submitted to next year's ordinary Diet session convening in January, during which the initial budget for t…READ FULL ARTICLE