Japan Opposition Party to Block Budget Without Bigger Tax Deal
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s government risks rejection of its annual budget if it doesn’t concede more ground to ...
BOJ board signalled intent to keep hiking rates, December meeting minutes show
Bank of Japan board members discussed how to use estimates on the economy's neutral interest rate to determine further hikes ...
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8 Countries with Highest Tax Rates in 2025, Strict Tax Regulations
This article uncovers the list of countries with the highest taxes in the world, where the figure exceeds 50% with strict ...
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Political parties agree on gasoline tax cut plan, details pending
A plan to abolish the provisional gasoline tax rate was agreed on Wednesday by Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)-Komeito coalition and the Democratic Party for the People (DPP ...
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Has Japan truly escaped low inflation?
If the Bank of Japan had behaved in a similar manner to its G 10 peers, notes Tim Baker of Deutsche Bank, the country’s ...
Japan Raises Interest Rates to Highest Level Since 2008
The return of inflation and wage growth is giving the Bank of Japan room to raise interest rates and declare the end of a ...
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Japan to reform tax-free shopping rules starting in 2026
Back in 2023, Japan mulled changing its tax-free shopping rules to help curb abuse by shoppers re-selling items with a markup after leaving the country. Currently, the Japanese tax-free shopping ...
Japan projects primary budget surplus in fiscal 2026, delayed by a year
Japan's ambition to deliver a primary budget surplus for the first time in decades is going to be pushed back a year, a ...