Abe to explain within days about sales tax postponement

Abe to explain within days about sales tax postponement

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) says in a meeting of Liberal Democratic Party executives in Tokyo on May 30, 2016, that he will hold a press conference within days to explain his plan to postpone the planned consumption tax hike by two-and-a-half years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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