Japan holds economic seminar, focus on whether to raise sales tax

Joseph Stiglitz (L), a Nobel laureate and professor at Columbia University, speaks at an economic seminar held by the Japanese government at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on March 16, 2016. The seminar, the first of around five or so planned with international experts to analyze the global economy, focused on whether Prime Minister Shinzo Abe should raise the consumption tax in April 2017 as planned. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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