consumption tax
April 27, 2013
Retailers in Japan will have to watch how they word their advertisements if the government has its way.
April 12, 2013
Two major Japanese retailers have criticized the government for the Cabinet decision to temporarily ban them from making discounts aimed at offsetting the planned consumption...
November 24, 2012
More than half of major companies in Japan assess business conditions as being "at a temporary standstill," or more than double that said so five months ago, an Asahi Shimbun...
October 31, 2012
Japan may need to delay a planned hike in consumption tax if a new forecast of persistent deflation by the Bank of Japan bears out.
August 30, 2012
The agreement on integrated tax and social security reform reached between the ruling Democratic Party of Japan and two key opposition parties was an encouraging sign for the...
August 18, 2012
The Cabinet has decided on a set of guidelines for budgetary requests for fiscal 2013, starting the process of formulating the spending plan for the year that begins next April.
August 11, 2012
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda has warned that Japan still faces a tough road to fiscal health despite the Diet's Aug. 10 vote to double the country's consumption tax rate.
August 11, 2012
With the economy stuck in deflation mode, a major concern about raising the consumption tax rate is the effect it will have on personal spending and overall fiscal health.
August 11, 2012
Six lawmakers of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan voted against proposed legislation to raise the consumption tax rate during an Upper House plenary session Aug. 10, where...
August 10, 2012
Japan's contentious plan to double the sales tax cleared the final hurdle in a parliamentary vote on Aug. 10 after Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda promised to bring forward an...
August 10, 2012
A set of bills for an "integrated reform of tax and social security systems," which centers on raising the consumption tax rate, is expected to pass the Upper House plenary...
August 04, 2012
Growing Japanese opposition to nuclear energy after the Fukushima disaster will be a wild card in a general election many expect within months, but politicians on both sides of ...
August 02, 2012
Veteran powerbroker Ichiro Ozawa said Aug. 1 his new party would campaign for all nuclear power plants to be abolished within 10 years.
July 21, 2012
Throughout history, countless people around the world have been fooled by false advertising. An American author once commented: "Any drug is a miracle drug if it works like the ...
July 10, 2012
The government's drive to raise the consumption tax rate and aggressive energy-saving measures combined to put a chill on economic sentiment in Japan.
July 10, 2012
Fearing an even greater exodus of lawmakers, the ruling Democratic Party of Japan weakened its punishment against former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama for voting against...
July 02, 2012
Political kingmaker Ichiro Ozawa took a step toward forming a new party when he and 49 other lawmakers submitted letters of resignation to the ruling Democratic Party of Japan...
June 29, 2012
The Finance Ministry plans to impose a consumption tax on electronic books sold in Japan by foreign companies such as Amazon.com Inc., sources said on June 28.
June 28, 2012
An overwhelming 78 percent of voters do not expect much from a new party that political heavyweight Ichiro Ozawa says he may form, as opposed to 15 percent who do, an Asahi...
June 27, 2012
The Japanese word for rebellion, "zohan," is derived from Chinese. It carries more than a hint of justice.