The ruling Liberal Democratic Party on March 26 proposed the nation's largest-ever economic stimulus package, worth at least 16 trillion yen.
LDP officials explained that the figure is equivalent to 3 percent of the nation's gross domestic product, which is roughly the gap between supply and demand in the economy.
According to a rough outline, the package calls for:
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