TOKYO — Japan's minority government was set on Friday to sign off on a $140-billion stimulus drive aimed at putting more money in consumers' pockets after the ruling party's worst election result in 15 years.

The Oct. 27 contest saw voters — angry over corruption in the Liberal Democratic Party and inflation — deprive new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's coalition of a majority in parliament's lower house.

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