Tokyo, June 18 (Jiji Press)--The chair of a Japanese suprapartisan panel has presented a proposal to lower the consumption tax rate on food to virtually zero pct to effectively fulfill Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's campaign pledge of a zero pct food tax rate. At a meeting

TOKYO, June 17 : Japan is moving toward temporarily cutting its consumption tax on food to 1 per cent in what would be the first effective reduction of its kind, further straining…

Tokyo, June 18 (Jiji Press)--The chair of a Japanese suprapartisan panel has presented a proposal to lower the consumption tax rate on food to virtually zero pct to effectively…