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Likely tax-hike delay stirs reservations in Japan's ruling bloc

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe intends to seek another delay in raising Japan's consumption tax rate.

TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's stated intention of delaying the April 2017 consumption tax increase for two and a half years has set off rumblings in the government and the Liberal Democratic Party-led ruling coalition.

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