Komeito Secretary-General Nishida: "Cannot Support Consumption Tax Cut Now"
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Komeito Secretary-General Nishida expressed his position on the consumption tax cut, saying "I cannot support it now," and took issue with the benefit system. The government has approved a consumption tax cut bill at a cabinet meeting and plans to implement a 1% tax cut starting next spring, with a battle expected to continue in the extraordinary Diet session. Prime Minister Takaichi ended with a "zero answer" to the opposition's representative questions, and no point of agreement between the ruling and opposition parties over the consumption tax cut is in sight.