The Japanese government on Friday approved an economic package worth 39 trillion yen ($250 billion), featuring subsidies to curb rising energy costs and cash handouts to low-income households, as inflation triggered by a weaker yen continues to weigh on consumer spending.In the package, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's administration pledged to boost disposable incomes by raising the tax-free salary threshold, after it conceded to demands from an opposition party to secure the passage of a supplementary budget to finance it.The move comes after Ishiba's Liberal Democratic Party and its junio…READ FULL ARTICLE
