Japan PM Abe says fiscal spending under stimulus plan to total 39 trillion yen - Jiji

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said direct fiscal spending under the government's stimulus package to combat the coronavirus pandemic will total 39 trillion yen ($357 billion), Jiji news agency reported on Tuesday.Abe pledged on Monday to roll out an unprecedented economic stimulus package worth 108 trillion yen - equal to 20% of economic output - as his government vowed to take "all steps" to battle deepening fallout from the coronavirus.