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Overseas Media Criticize Japanese Parties’ Plans to Lower Consumption Tax, Including PM Takaichi's Temporary Cut Proposal

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By Daisuke Ichikawa and Hironari Akiyama / Yomiuri Shimbun Correspondents

17:26 JST, February 3, 2026

LONDON/BRUSSELS — Many overseas media outlets have criticized the pledges being made by Japan’s major political parties to cut the consumption tax rate in their campaigns for the upcoming House of Representatives election, scheduled for Feb. 8.

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