Noda hints at proposing sales tax hike at next general election

Noda hints at proposing sales tax hike at next general election

TOKYO, Japan - New Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda speaks in an interview with a group of reporters at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo on June 9, 2010. Noda hinted that the Democratic Party of Japan-led government may propose raising the consumption tax at the next general election that must be held by fall 2013.

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