Japan ruling bloc eyes cash handout amid tariff, inflation woes

A plan has emerged within Japan's ruling coalition to deliver a cash handout as part of a package aimed at mitigating the pain of higher U.S. tariffs and persisting inflation on the country's economy, sources familiar with the matter said Wednesday.Some ruling bloc lawmakers have come up with a plan of providing between 30,000 yen ($207) and 50,000 yen, while others remain cautious about the possible program due to questions such as who should be eligible and how to fund it, the sources said.The policy chief of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's Liberal Democratic Party told reporters that the…READ FULL ARTICLE