Japan's LDP advocates stimulus, with funding for firms to survive COVID-19 recession
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan must maintain an appropriate "policy mix" by adopting strong fiscal spending to go with the Bank of Japan's powerful monetary easing to protect the economy and jobs from the coronavirus fallout, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party said.The proposals, issued by the party's key policy council, will provide the basis for stimulus measures to be funded by a second supplementary budget draft to be compiled on May 27.The council made no mention of the size of the second extra..