Category JAPAN

The government is considering providing ¥30,000 ($192) in benefits to each low-income household exempted from residential tax payments as part of a planned economic package, people familiar with the matter said Wednesday. The government plans to add ¥20,000 per child…

Senior officials from Japan’s ruling and opposition parties broadly confirmed on Sunday that it is necessary to review the ¥1.03 million annual income threshold for income tax. Speaking during a television program, Itsunori Onodera, policy chief of the ruling Liberal…