Nikkei: Japan stimulus package could be in the region of 30 trillion yen

Nikkei reports, with Bloomberg providing the headlines, that the Japanese stimulus package could be as large as 30 trillion yen.

Key quotes, via Nikkei:

"Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government is putting pressure on the fiscally conservative Ministry of Finance to satisfy expectations for a bold new shot of the first arrow of Abenomics -- fiscal spending."

"Some observers now see the tally rising to between 20 trillion yen and 30 trillion yen ($189 billion and $283 billion) after off-budget items are counted."