TOKYO, July 30 : Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi instructed ruling party executives to proceed with preparations to cut the sales tax rate on food items to 1 per cent from 8 per cent for two years, a senior ruling party official said on Thursday.The government will likely finalise the tax-cut plan in a

Tokyo, July 27 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Monday that her administration will shortly submit to parliament a bill proposing a consumption tax cut on…

Tokyo, July 28 (Jiji Press)--A Japanese suprapartisan council gave up reaching a consensus Monday on a proposed two-year consumption tax cut for food items, leaving a decision up…