The House of Representatives has begun deliberating on the Takaichi government’s legislation cutting the consumption tax on foodstuffs.
The ruling coalition’s lower house supermajority all but ensures passage but the government is looking for opposition party support to ease its path through both houses.
Opposition parties remain skeptical about the tax cut for multiple reasons and will look for more opportunities to discredit Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae’s approach and make the tax cut’s passage particularly costly for her.
