Tokyo, Oct. 9 (Jiji Press)--The planned consumption tax cut for food is expected to reduce household financial burdens by about 36,000 yen per citizen, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Friday. "The tax rate cut will basically be reflected in prices," Takaichi said at a plenary meeting of the Senate, the upper chamber of the Diet. She explained that the 36,000-yen figure was ca...
