Heavier burden in taxes for disaster recovery will end for businesses but continue for general public (September 22, 2013)
Principle of ability to pay taxes becomes topic of debate in Europe and US (November 24, 2012)
Special public bonds law will distort fiscal discipline (November 18 & 20, 2012)
TOYOTA enjoys tax break of 190 billion yen
(July 7, 2008 )
JCP criticizes Osaka governor’s financial reconstruction plan at the cost of public well-being (July 8, 2008 )
Average worker has same tax burden rate as the rich (August 21, 2012)
Japan’s new growth strategy pleases business circles[Editorial] (August 2, 2012)
Tax burden ratio for corporations falls 10 percentage points in 9 years (July 30, 2012)
Consumption tax hike is in exchange for cuts in corporate taxes (July 27, 2012)
Finance Ministry budget plan does nothing to ease public anxieties (December 21, 2008 )
Finance Ministry proposes 3.5-fold budget increase to pay for U.S. military realignment in Japan (December 22, 2008 )
4.7 billion yen claimed as cost to prepare constitutional revision (December 22, 2008 )
High school students participate in sit-in demanding increase in education budget (December 22, 2008 )
JCP criticizes bill to revise law on share purchases held by banks at public fund (January 10, 2009 )
15 million signatures against consumption tax hike collected (June 14, 2012)
Hospitals annually pay \ 120 million in consumption tax (June 13, 2012)
JCP Shiokawa reveals gov’t tricks behind consumption tax hike (May 30, 2012)
MOF officials give lectures at universities to promote tax hike (June 1, 2012)
Exporters’ way of making money from consumption tax (May 25, 2012)
Consumption tax is unfair for small businesses: JCP Shiokawa (May 24, 2012)
JCP Sasaki: ‘Consumption tax hike will benefit social welfare programs’ is a cheat (May 23, 2012)
Keidanren seeks increase in consumption tax rate to 19%, decrease in corporate tax rate to 25% (May 17, 2012)
Stop corporation tax cuts: JCP Yoshii (April 21, 2012)
Japan is 2nd lowest in tax revenues among OECD (March 21, 2012 )
2011 draft budget soft on big business, harsh on households[Editorial] (December 25, 2010)
‘Sympathy budget’: Japan’s extraordinary generosity to US forces (December 22, 2010)
A/C for 100% of US base schools, 22.5% of Tokyo schools (December 22, 2010)
Kan keeps making excuses for calling for consumption tax increase in debates between party leaders (July 5, 2010)
Cuts in Diet seats are ineffective in saving money (July 3, 2010)
Kan makes deceptive remarks on consumption tax hike (July 2, 2010)
What lessons can be drawn from Greek fiscal crisis? (July 2, 2010)
Consumption tax rate at 10 percent!
- Akahata editorial (excerpts)
[Editorial] (July 1, 2010)
DPJ plans to enact a tax hike bill by March 2011 (June 28, 29, 2010)
How can ‘strong economy’ be built with consumption tax hike?
Akahata ‘current’ column
( June 28, 2010)
Is a 10% consumption tax really to benefit social welfare services? (June 26, 27, 2010)
Top 20 firms increase their internal reserves by 1.5 trillion yen (June 25, 2010)
Deficiency in revenues from corporate and income taxes, not from consumption tax
Akahata editorial (excerpts)
[Editorial] (June 24, 2010)
Corporate tax is not as high as business circles claim (June 24, 2010)
‘High’ corporate tax is not the reason for their moves overseas (June 24, 2010)
There is no valid reason for increasing consumption tax: Shii (June 21, 2010)
What is ‘corporate tax’? ( June 17, 2010)
No need to raise tax to provide better nursing care: Koike
(June 16, 2010)
Ichida calls for establishing Ability-to-Pay tax system (June 16, 2010)
Business circles lobby for regressive tax hike ( April 14, 2010)
165,000 people actions opposing tax increase ( March 13, 2010)
Finance minister called on a discussion about consumption tax increases ( February 15, 2010)
Stop increase in military budget on FY 2010 budget
Akahata editorial
[Editorial] (June 29, 2009 )
Government budgetary decision is actually designed to buy votes
Akahata editorial
[Editorial] ( June 24, 2009)
Shii calls for thoroughgoing discussion of the FY2009 supplementary budget plan (May 8, 2009)
JCP: Supplementary budget won’t defend livelihoods (April 29, 2009)