Gov't panel to call for sales tax hike in reform proposals

Gov't panel to call for sales tax hike in reform proposals

TOKYO, Japan - Yutaka Kosai, chairman of government's Tax Commission, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Nov. 5 after a plenary session of the panel, which agreed on an outline of its tax reform proposals for fiscal 2008 centering on a hike in the consumption tax.

  • Product Code
  • ILEA001124818
  • Registered date
  • 2007/11/05 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 2007 Kyodo News
  • Media size
  • 1864 × 1228 pixel
  • Resolution
  • dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 482.43(KB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos
    Japan PM Kishida in upper house committee session

    Japan PM Kishida in upper house committee session

    Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida holds his glasses during a House of Councillors Budget Committee session in Tokyo on Nov. 1, 2023. Kishida has been dubbed the "tax hike glasses" as he is viewed as favoring tax hikes amid swelling defense and social security costs.
      Japan PM Kishida in upper house committee session

      Japan PM Kishida in upper house committee session

      Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida holds his glasses during a House of Councillors Budget Committee session in Tokyo on Nov. 1, 2023. Kishida has been dubbed the "tax hike glasses" as he is viewed as favoring tax hikes amid swelling defense and social security costs.
        Japan PM Kishida in upper house committee session

        Japan PM Kishida in upper house committee session

        Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida holds his glasses during a House of Councillors Budget Committee session in Tokyo on Nov. 1, 2023. Kishida has been dubbed the "tax hike glasses" as he is viewed as favoring tax hikes amid swelling defense and social security costs.
          Japan gov't defense panel meeting

          Japan gov't defense panel meeting

          Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (3rd from R) speaks in a government panel meeting on enhancing the country's defense capabilities at the premier's office in Tokyo on Nov. 9, 2022.
            Japan gov't defense panel meeting

            Japan gov't defense panel meeting

            Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks in a government panel meeting on enhancing the country's defense capabilities at the premier's office in Tokyo on Nov. 9, 2022.
              Japan gov't panel proposes more support for firms hiking wages

              Japan gov't panel proposes more support for firms hiking wages

              Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks at a government panel meeting on economic policy at the premier's office in Tokyo on Nov. 8, 2021. The panel proposed the same day a fresh stimulus package to get the coronavirus-hit economy back in shape, including beefing up support for companies actively raising employee wages.
                Japan gov't panel proposes more support for firms hiking wages

                Japan gov't panel proposes more support for firms hiking wages

                Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (2nd from front) speaks at a government panel meeting on economic policy at the premier's office in Tokyo on Nov. 8, 2021. The panel proposed the same day a fresh stimulus package to get the coronavirus-hit economy back in shape, including beefing up support for companies actively raising employee wages.
                  Cabinet OKs 3.12 tril. yen extra budget for stimulus steps

                  Cabinet OKs 3.12 tril. yen extra budget for stimulus steps

                  TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from R) and his ministers attend an extraordinary Cabinet meeting on Jan. 9, 2015, in Tokyo to endorse a 3.12 trillion yen supplementary budget for fiscal 2014 to fund an economic stimulus package aimed at bolstering domestic demand curtailed by the April 1 consumption tax hike and weaker yen.
                    Cabinet OKs stimulus package to rev up regional economies

                    Cabinet OKs stimulus package to rev up regional economies

                    TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) addresses a government panel meeting on Dec. 27, 2014, in Tokyo. His Cabinet endorsed a 3.5 trillion yen emergency economic stimulus package intended to rev up regional economies beset by higher prices following the April 1 consumption tax hike and the yen's plunge.
                      Over 2.5-percentage-point cut in corporate tax eyed

                      Over 2.5-percentage-point cut in corporate tax eyed

                      TOKYO, Japan - Takeshi Noda (C), chairman of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's Research Commission on the Tax System, enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo, Japan, on Dec. 26, 2014, for talks with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Prior to their meeting, Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister Akira Amari said it is "necessary" to cut Japan's 35 percent effective corporate tax rate by "more than 2.5 percentage points."