TOKYO -- Japan will not need to raise its consumption tax for another 10 years after the rate goes up to 10% in October, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Wednesday.
Abe spoke in Tokyo at a debate with opposition party leaders, one day before the official start of the campaign for the Diet upper house election on July 21. Voters will choose among candidates for 124 seats, roughly half the membership of the parliamentary chamber.
