TOKYO, May 17: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Tuesday that he would decide on a sales tax hike planned for next year “appropriately at the appropriate time”. Abe, speaking in parliament, repeated that the government would raise the levy to 10 percent from the current 8 percent next April as scheduled barring a major financial crisis or significant natural disaster. (AGENCIES)
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