Fukuda suggests no hike in consumption tax rate in FY 2008

Fukuda suggests no hike in consumption tax rate in FY 2008

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 15. Fukuda suggested that the government will not raise the consumption tax rate, currently set at 5 percent, in the next fiscal year starting in April 2008.

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