Kono pledges to abolish tax adjustments, requires returns from all citizens; Motegi suggests plan to ‘remake Japan’

Digital Minister Taro Kono speaks during a press conference on Thursday (Sept 5). - Photo: The Yomiuri Shimbun

TOKYO: Digital minister Taro Kono, who will run in the Liberal Democratic Party’s upcoming presidential election, pledged on Thursday (Sept 5) to abolish year-end tax adjustments and require all citizens to file a tax return.

Another candidate, LDP Secretary General Toshimitsu Motegi, pledged on the same day to attract semiconductor production bases and data centers to regional areas as a growth strategy to “remake Japan.”