Japan's junior ruling coalition partner, Komeito, will propose cutting the consumption tax rate for food items to 5% from 8% ...

Japans junior ruling coalition partner, Komeito, plans to propose cutting the consumption tax on food from 8% to 5% as part ...

Trump said he would increase steel import tariffs to 50 percent, a move expected to impact U.S. manufacturers and trade ...

Japan’s government faces pressure to curtail debt-fueled spending that some argue has staved off populist waves.

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba pledged Wednesday to take necessary steps to lower rice prices that have doubled over the past year, but repeatedly rejected opposition calls to cut Japan's consumption ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba rebuffed calls for tax cuts ... indirectly referring to the Bank of Japan (BOJ)’s continued moves to raise interest rates since it abandoned its negative rates ...

The Japan Innovation Party calls for eliminating ... However, the government had slashed corporate taxes; the maximum rate was cut from 52% to 31%. As a result, corporate tax revenue was down ...

Opposition and some ruling party lawmakers have called on the government to cut Japan’s consumption tax rate, set at 10% except for food items that are charged 8%, to help households cope with ...

The CDP has proposed to cut the consumption tax rate on food items to zero for a limited time. Japan's consumption tax currently stands at 10%, excluding food and some other items for which the ...

In anticipation of the upcoming House of Councillors election, set to be held by July, political parties in Japan are beginning ... for raising the rate of consumption tax back when he was prime ...

While some countries with high tax rates, like Denmark and Sweden ... Learn more about it, here. Japan's Nagoya Pays People to Stand Still on Escalators in Bid to Enforce New Etiquette Nagoya, a city ...