Abe to postpone sales tax hike

Abe to postpone sales tax hike

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrives at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Nov. 17, 2014, from Brisbane, Australia, where he attended a Group of 20 summit. Abe is set to announce the postponement of a planned consumption tax hike on Nov. 18, following worse-than-expected Japanese gross domestic product data for the July-September period released Nov. 17, according to people close to the matter.

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