Abe announces plan to dissolve lower house, postpones tax hike

Abe announces plan to dissolve lower house, postpones tax hike

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe holds a press conference at his office in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2014. Abe said he will dissolve the lower house on Nov. 21 for a general election and postpone a planned consumption tax hike to 10 percent by 18 months to April 2017, citing the economic downturn following a tax increase the previous April.

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