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_CONSUMPTION TAX

BUSINESS
Mar 15, 2012
Consumption tax hike 'not linked to growth'
The consumption tax could be raised even if the economy is contracting, the head of the Democratic Party of Japan's tax panel suggested Wednesday.
JAPAN
Dec 7, 2011
Specifics on consumption tax increase due before end of month: Azumi
The government will aim to specify when and by how much the 5 percent consumption levy will be hiked in the social security and tax reform plan it hopes to present by year's end, Finance Minister Jun Azumi said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jun 1, 2011
Phased-in consumption tax hike to 10% eyed by 2015
The administration intends to outline a doubling of the consumption tax to 10 percent in stages by fiscal 2015 in its envisaged social security and tax reforms, official sources said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jun 23, 2010
Consumption tax hot topic in first debate
Leaders of the ruling and opposition camps engaged in their first televised debate Tuesday ahead of the July 11 Upper House election, offering different takes on the crucial but politically unpopular topic of raising the consumption tax.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 28, 2010
New Keidanren chief Yonekura calls for hike in consumption tax
Hiromasa Yonekura, the newly appointed chairman of the Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren), urged the government Thursday to raise the 5 percent consumption tax to improve the nation's fiscal health.
BUSINESS
Apr 14, 2010
Steady hikes sought for consumption tax
The Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren) recommended Tuesday that the government gradually raise the consumption tax from the current 5 percent to at least 10 percent starting in fiscal 2011 to meet rising medical care and pension costs.
BUSINESS
Feb 17, 2010
Ministers willing to mull consumption tax hike
Cabinet members said Tuesday they are ready to start a debate on raising the consumption tax as long as the administration does not deviate from its pledge to avoid any increases before the next Lower House election.
JAPAN
Feb 16, 2010
Hatoyama says no hike in consumption tax now
Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama pledged again Monday that he will not raise the 5 percent consumption tax during his four-year term through summer 2013, even though Finance Minister Naoto Kan is saying he wants to launch debate on a possible increase.
JAPAN
Jan 11, 2010
Kan to test waters for consumption tax hike after fiscal review
Deputy Prime Minister Naoto Kan, appointed last week to also serve as finance minister, indicated Sunday that he may put a consumption tax hike on the table in fiscal 2011.
BUSINESS
May 15, 2009
As economy goes up, so should consumption tax: LDP
A senior official of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party told business leaders Thursday that the consumption tax rate should be raised from the current 5 percent when the economy recovers.
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The National Diet building in Tokyo
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A local resident visits the Lychakiv cemetery in Lviv, Ukraine, on Thursday. The U.S. is in talks with close partners to lead a group of allies that would give as much as $50 billion in aid to Ukraine.
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.
The 'outsiders' creating some of Japan's greenest spaces
Rows of irises resemble a rice field at the Peter Walker-designed Toyota Municipal Museum of Art.
Japan drops to 70th in press freedom rankings
A businessman reads a newspaper outside a train station in Tokyo.
'Monster' Inoue ready to tear down Luis Nery in title defense at Tokyo Dome
Naoya Inoue (left) and Luis Nery following a pre-fight news conference in Yokohama on Saturday, two days ahead of their super bantamweight title fight.
Debate on constitutional revision at a standstill despite Kishida's pledges
With less than two months left before the conclusion of the current session of parliament, any possibility that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida can deliver constitutional reform before the end of his term as Liberal Democratic Party president in late September, as he has promised, appears remote.
Sapporo court ruling on Ainu fishing rights presents tough questions
A traditional Ainu preserved food called <i>satchep</i> (dried fish) being made at the government-run National Ainu Museum and Park, nicknamed Upopoy, in the town of Shiraoi, Hokkaido, on Dec. 25. The Sapporo District Court ruled last month that the Raporo Ainu Nation's rights as an Indigenous people did not extend to having an inherent right to fish for commercial reasons.
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.

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