{
  "id": 18475275,
  "title": "Japan’s Lower House Passes Bill to Cut Consumption Tax on Food",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/japans-lower-house-passes-bill-to-cut-consumption-tax-on-food",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-11-06T07:32:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Japan News by The Yomiuri Shimbun",
    "slug": "the-japan-news-by-the-yomiuri-shimbun",
    "url": "https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/news-services/jiji-press/20261106-357559/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Diet, Japan’s parliament, passed a bill Friday to cut the consumption tax on food as a temporary measure to address soaring prices.",
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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."
}