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Centrist Reform Alliance Party To Pledge for Zero Tax on Food; Measure Would Be Made Permanent

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The Yomiuri Shimbun

13:16 JST, January 19, 2026

The Centrist Reform Alliance is set to include a reduction of the consumption tax rate for foodstuffs to zero in their election pledges, Komeito Secretary General Makoto Nishida said at a press conference on Sunday.

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