Sales tax hike exemption may put fiscal reform efforts at risk

Sales tax hike exemption may put fiscal reform efforts at risk

Finance Minister Taro Aso leaves a hotel in Tokyo after holding talks with Sadakazu Tanigaki, secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, and other party officials on Dec. 12, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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