Japan is considering a cash handout program of 50,000 yen ($390) per child for low-income households as part of the government's economic package to cushion the impact from rising prices caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, sources with knowledge of the plan said Wednesday.The package would also include more subsidies for oil wholesalers to bring down retail gasoline prices, and financial assistance to struggling smaller firms and to livestock farmers hit by higher feed costs as the war in Ukraine has sent grain prices surging, the sources said.The government is weighing expanding the al…READ FULL ARTICLE
