経済対策、３０兆円超　安倍首相、リーマン超えも―赤字国債も検討

　政府・与党は２３日、新型コロナウイルスの感染拡大を受けた緊急経済対策について、事業規模を３０兆円超とする方向で調整に入った。安倍晋三首相は同日の参院予算委員会で、リーマン・ショック後の対策（事業規模５６．８兆円）を念頭に「場合によってはそれを上回る対応をしていきたい」と表明。消費喚起策などを柱に大規模な財政支出とする方針で、必要な財源を確保するため赤字国債発行も検討する。（2020/03/23-19:46）

The Japanese government and the ruling parties are planning to draw up an emergency economic policy package worth over 30 trillion yen in the fight against the new coronavirus, it was learned on Monday.
   The envisioned policy package and the 26 trillion yen of stimulus measures that the government adopted late last year could together be similar to the 56.8 trillion yen of measures implemented in the wake of the financial crisis triggered by the collapse of U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers in 2008.
   "Depending on the situation, we're ready to respond (to the coronavirus pandemic) with greater measures" than those following the Lehman Brothers collapse, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said at a House of Councillors Budget Committee meeting on Monday.
   Meanwhile, there are calls from within the ruling parties for the new policy package alone to be as large in size as the post-Lehman package, especially if this summer's Tokyo Olympics is postponed.
   Abe told the Upper House committee meeting that the government is "making every effort while placing its top priority on job security and business continuation."