TOKYO (Dow Jones)--Japan's fresh economic stimulus package for the current fiscal year will likely have an effect worth around Y24.3 trillion, Kyodo News reported Friday, citing government sources.
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Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's Cabinet, which is crafting stimulus measures for the first time since its formation in September, will attempt to agree on specifics later in the day.
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But one of the parties in the ruling coalition, the People's New Party, is asking that the package be even bigger to help shore up the sagging economy.
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