Abe considering postponement of scheduled tax hike

A banner saying "Build a house while the consumption tax rate is 8%" hangs by the parking lot of a housing showroom in Saitama, north of Tokyo, on May 29, 2016. According to sources close to the matter, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met with top officials of his Liberal Democratic Party the previous day about the possibility of postponing a 2-percentage-point consumption tax hike scheduled for April 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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