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Japan’s Abe to delay sales tax hike until 2019: government source

By Takaya Yamaguchi TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to delay an increase in sales tax by two and a half years, a government official said on Sunday, as the economy sputters and Abe prepares for a national election. Abe told Finance Minister Taro Aso and the secretary general of his ruling Liberal Democratic Party, Sadakazu Tanigaki, on Saturday …

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Japan’s Abe to delay sales tax hike until 2019: government source