Abe's adviser calls for delay to tax hike if economy slows

Abe's adviser calls for delay to tax hike if economy slows

TOKYO, Japan - Koichi Hamada, a Yale University emeritus professor of economics, is interviewed by Kyodo News in Tokyo on Sept. 8, 2014. Hamada, a special adviser to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, said the government should put off a further consumption tax hike to 10 percent in 2015 or raise the rate by 1 percentage point per year if the economy stalls.

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