
Business Aug 25, 2017
For Japan's economy, now is the time to raise sales tax, tackle debt, says business lobby
by Yoshiaki Nohara
Japan's current run of economic growth provides a now-or-never opportunity to tackle the nation's debt and forge ahead with plans to increase the sales tax, said Yoshimitsu Kobayashi, chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives (Keizai Doyukai). The ballooning debt shows no signs of ...