Japan's ruling party calls for cash payouts to lift virus-hit consumer spending
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's economic stimulus package to mitigate the fallout from the coronavirus outbreak should include cash payouts and other measures that give a direct boost to consumption, a senior ruling party official said on Tuesday.Hiroshige Seko, a senior official of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), also told reporters that a supplementary budget must be compiled in time to fund necessary steps before Japan's Golden Week holidays in early May."Several countries, mainly..