Your Party's Watanabe dismisses Kan's call for sales tax debate

Your Party's Watanabe dismisses Kan's call for sales tax debate

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshimi Watanabe, head of the small opposition Your Party which gained 10 seats in the July 11 House of Councillors election, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on July 14, 2010. Watanabe said Prime Minister Naoto Kan should tackle administrative reform before pressing for tax reform.

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