{
  "id": 14884937,
  "title": "Japan Diet to Begin Debate on Consumption Tax Cut Tuesday",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/japan-diet-to-begin-debate-on-consumption-tax-cut-tuesday",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-16T06:04:46.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nippon.com News",
    "slug": "nippon-com-news",
    "url": "https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2026101600416/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Tokyo, Oct. 16 (Jiji Press)--Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the opposition group Chudo on Friday agreed that the Diet, the country's parliament, will begin deliberations on bills to cut the consumption tax on food and introduce an income-linked benefit program at a plenary meeting of the House of Representatives on Tuesday. The administration of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi an...",
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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."
}