Japan's Motegi - No change to government plan to raise sales tax in Oct

"There's no change to our view that the fundamentals supporting domestic demand remain solid," Motegi told a news conference

TOKYO: Japan's Economy Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said on Monday there was no change to the government's plan to raise the sales tax to 10 percent from 8 percent in October, after the release of first-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) data.

"There's no change to our view that the fundamentals supporting domestic demand remain solid," Motegi told a news conference. - Reuters