Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa said Wednesday he wants to introduce tax cuts over three years and offset expected revenue shortfalls with tax hikes over five years.
Shiokawa suggested the size of the tax cuts would be somewhere between 1 trillion yen and 2 trillion yen.
He said the tax cuts and tax hikes should begin at the same time, but emphasis should be on implementing the tax breaks first.
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