Japan PM Abe: Has not decided on whether to raise the sales tax to 10%

Abe speaking in parliament

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• Necessary to study the economic effects of the tax

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The sales tax in Japan will be rasied from 5% to 8% in April 2014. What Abe is talking about there is the next leg of the hike, which is planned for October 2015, from 8 to 10%