Japan Press Weekly

(September 22, 2013)

Heavier burden in taxes for disaster recovery will end for businesses but continue for general public

(November 24, 2012)

Principle of ability to pay taxes becomes topic of debate in Europe and US

(November 18 & 20, 2012)

Special public bonds law will distort fiscal discipline

(July 7, 2008 )

TOYOTA enjoys tax break of 190 billion yen

(July 8, 2008 )

JCP criticizes Osaka governor’s financial reconstruction plan at the cost of public well-being

(August 21, 2012)

Average worker has same tax burden rate as the rich

(August 2, 2012)

Japan’s new growth strategy pleases business circles

(July 30, 2012)

Tax burden ratio for corporations falls 10 percentage points in 9 years

(July 27, 2012)

Consumption tax hike is in exchange for cuts in corporate taxes

(December 21, 2008 )

Finance Ministry budget plan does nothing to ease public anxieties

(December 22, 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

(January 10, 2009 )

JCP criticizes bill to revise law on share purchases held by banks at public fund

(June 14, 2012)

15 million signatures against consumption tax hike collected

(June 13, 2012)

Hospitals annually pay \ 120 million in consumption tax

(May 30, 2012)

JCP Shiokawa reveals gov’t tricks behind consumption tax hike

(June 1, 2012)

MOF officials give lectures at universities to promote tax hike

(May 25, 2012)

Exporters’ way of making money from consumption tax

(May 24, 2012)

Consumption tax is unfair for small businesses: JCP Shiokawa

(May 23, 2012)

JCP Sasaki: ‘Consumption tax hike will benefit social welfare programs’ is a cheat

(May 17, 2012)

Keidanren seeks increase in consumption tax rate to 19%, decrease in corporate tax rate to 25%

(April 21, 2012)

Stop corporation tax cuts: JCP Yoshii

(March 21, 2012 )

Japan is 2nd lowest in tax revenues among OECD

(December 25, 2010)

2011 draft budget soft on big business, harsh on households

(December 22, 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

(July 5, 2010)

Kan keeps making excuses for calling for consumption tax increase in debates between party leaders

(July 3, 2010)

Cuts in Diet seats are ineffective in saving money

(July 2, 2010)

Kan makes deceptive remarks on consumption tax hike

(July 2, 2010)

What lessons can be drawn from Greek fiscal crisis?

(July 1, 2010)

Consumption tax rate at 10 percent! - Akahata editorial (excerpts)

(June 28, 29, 2010)

DPJ plans to enact a tax hike bill by March 2011

( June 28, 2010)

How can ‘strong economy’ be built with consumption tax hike? Akahata ‘current’ column

(June 26, 27, 2010)

Is a 10% consumption tax really to benefit social welfare services?

(June 25, 2010)

Top 20 firms increase their internal reserves by 1.5 trillion yen

(June 24, 2010)

Deficiency in revenues from corporate and income taxes, not from consumption tax Akahata editorial (excerpts)

(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 21, 2010)

There is no valid reason for increasing consumption tax: Shii

( June 17, 2010)

What is ‘corporate tax’?

(June 16, 2010)

No need to raise tax to provide better nursing care: Koike

(June 16, 2010)

Ichida calls for establishing Ability-to-Pay tax system

( April 14, 2010)

Business circles lobby for regressive tax hike

( March 13, 2010)

165,000 people actions opposing tax increase

( February 15, 2010)

Finance minister called on a discussion about consumption tax increases

(June 29, 2009 )

Stop increase in military budget on FY 2010 budget Akahata editorial

( June 24, 2009)

Government budgetary decision is actually designed to buy votes Akahata editorial

(May 8, 2009)

Shii calls for thoroughgoing discussion of the FY2009 supplementary budget plan

(April 29, 2009)

JCP: Supplementary budget won’t defend livelihoods