The nation's top business lobby, the Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren), urged the ruling Democratic Party of Japan on Thursday to carry out sweeping tax, fiscal and social security reforms, including a boost in the consumption levy.
Keidanren filed the request in its first round of policy talks with the DPJ since it took power 11 months ago.
It urged the DPJ to tackle the reforms on an all-party basis, business and party officials said.