{
  "id": 13828760,
  "title": "Food-Tax Funding Fight Puts Spending Review At Center Of Diet Debate",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/food-tax-funding-fight-puts-spending-review-at-center-of-diet-debate",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-12T00:06:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "News On Japan",
    "slug": "news-on-japan",
    "url": "https://newsonjapan.com/article/151018.php"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The government’s plan to cut the consumption tax on food is turning into a broader fight over public spending, ministerial accountability and whether Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi can keep her autumn Diet agenda focused on household relief rather than political damage control. (News On Japan)",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}