Abe Cabinet OKs stimulus package

Abe Cabinet OKs stimulus package

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) shakes hands with Finance Minister Taro Aso (C) after a press conference at his office in Tokyo on Jan. 11, 2013, to announce a stimulus package worth 20.2 trillion yen. Abe's Cabinet endorsed a stimulus package earlier in the day entailing the biggest government spending since fiscal 2009 in an attempt to add around 2 percentage points to Japan's gross domestic product growth in real terms and create at least 600,000 jobs. To the right is economic revival minister Akira Amari.

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