Abe taps think tank adviser Kosai as tax panel chief

Abe taps think tank adviser Kosai as tax panel chief

TOKYO, Japan - Yutaka Kosai, senior adviser at the Japan Center for Economic Research, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Dec. 26 after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe selected him as chairman of the government's Tax Commission to replace Masaaki Homma, who resigned last week over a scandal.

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