Nikkei out with a stimulus story:

  • Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to unleash an array of stimulus measures to keep the economy humming after a temporary slowdown caused by a sales tax hike, focusing on regional economies and the housing market.
  • the government will set aside a special fund of 4 trillion yen ($38.7 billion) in its fiscal 2015 budget to fund such projects as road and railway construction.

More at the ungated article: Japan’s stimulus to target regional economies, housing market