TOKYO: Japan is considering $50 billion in economic stimulus to cushion the blow of a national sales-tax increase that is meant to rein in the government's massive debt, people involved in the decisions said on Thursday.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is set to raise the tax to 8 percent from 5 percent in April, rejecting calls by some advisers to delay or water down the fiscal tightening in order to keep the economic recovery on track.
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