{
  "id": 768195,
  "title": "Japan Mulls Covering Local Govts' Revenue Losses from Tax Cut",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/japan-mulls-covering-local-govts-revenue-losses-from-tax-cut",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-13T12:57:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nippon.com News",
    "slug": "nippon-com-news",
    "url": "https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2026081300786/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Tokyo, Aug. 13 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government is considering covering revenue losses at local governments resulting from a planned consumption tax cut, according to informed sources. As local governments use consumption tax revenues for social security services, the central government intends to prevent the tax cut from affecting these services for residents. The consumption tax ...",
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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."
}