- Japan’s cabinet approved a tax reform plan to temporarily cut the consumption tax on food and beverages from 8% to 1% for two years starting in April.
- The measure is intended to ease household cost-of-living pressures and aligns with a key election pledge.
- The government said it will not issue new debt to fund the roughly ¥5 trillion tax cut.
Source: news.bloomberglaw.com
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