TOKYO (Reuters) -The ruling party's solid victory in Japan's parliamentary election on Sunday will likely take pressure off Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to inflate the size of a pandemic-relief stimulus package, easing market fears of massive bond issuance.
Kishida has pledged to compile a fresh stimulus package worth "several tens of trillion yen" to cushion the economic blow from the COVID-19 crisis, but so far offered few details including the exact size of spending and how to pay for it.
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