Japan eyes fresh stimulus plan worth over $929 billion to battle pandemic - Nikkei

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan is considering a fresh stimulus package worth over $929 billion (£764 billion) that will consist mostly of financial aid programmes for companies hit by the coronavirus pandemic, the Nikkei newspaper said on Monday.The package, to be funded by a second extra budget for the current fiscal year beginning in April, would follow a record $1.1 trillion spending plan deployed last month to cushion the economic blow from the pandemic.The second extra budget, worth 100 trillion..