Secretary General Ibuki of the ruling LDP has announced that ’substantial compromises need to be made’ if agreement is to be achieved in the Diet over the extension of the Provisional Gasoline Tax and the next 10-year Road Maintenance Plan.
Posts Tagged as ‘tax’
March 5, 2008
Fukuda Cabinet Support Rating
The Asahi Shinbun reports on the results of this month’s (March) survey of popular support for the Fukuda Cabinet and policies.
February 26, 2008
National Debt
The Asahi Shinbun reports in its morning edition today on Japan’s national debt. The Finance Ministry reported on 25th February that in the last quarter of last year the country’s national debt rose, after remaining steady over the previous two quarters, to a record high of ¥838,005,000,000,000 (８３８兆５０億円). If this debt were divided equally amongst [...]
