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Tokyo, Oct. 20 (Jiji Press)--Deliberations began in the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Diet, Japan's parliament, on Tuesday on bills to cut the consumption tax on food and introduce an income-linked benefit program. During a plenary session of the Lower House, the purpose of the bills was explained, and interpellation was held on the legislation, with Prime Minister Sana...
Tokyo, Oct. 15 (Jiji Press)--A majority in Japan support legislation to cut the consumption tax on food and introduce an income-linked benefit program, a Jiji Press opinion poll showed. The poll found that 55.3 pct of respondents supported the legislation while 37.3 pct opposed it. The legislation is designed to cut the 8 pct consumption tax on food to 1 pct for two years from next April...
Tokyo, Oct. 9 (Jiji Press)--The planned consumption tax cut for food is expected to reduce household financial burdens by about 36,000 yen per citizen, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Friday. "The tax rate cut will basically be reflected in prices," Takaichi said at a plenary meeting of the Senate, the upper chamber of the Diet. She explained that the 36,000-yen figure was ca...
Tokyo, Oct. 7 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi touted her plan to cut the consumption tax on food and pay support payments to workers at a plenary meeting of the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of parliament, on Wednesday. The combination of a consumption tax reduction and support payments is "the best in light of sufficiency and promptness" to ease the impac...
Tokyo, Oct. 5 (Jiji Press)--An extraordinary session of the Diet, Japan's parliament, convened on Monday, setting the stage for the first parliamentary debate since the cabinet reshuffle by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi last month. In the 222nd Diet session, scheduled to run for 69 days until Dec. 12, key agenda items will include legislation to cut the consumption tax on food and the rulin...