Japan finance minister Aso: Government gained public trust for tax hike with election win

Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Tuesday that the government won voter...

FILE PHOTO: Japan's Finance Minister Taro Aso answers a question during a news conference of the G20 finance ministers and central bank governors meeting in Fukuoka, Japan June 9, 2019. Eugene Hoshiko/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

TOKYO - Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Tuesday that the government won voters’ confidence in a planned sales tax hike in October through Sunday’s upper house election. Aso told reporters after a cabinet meeting that the election gave the ruling coalition a stable political footing by giving it a solid majority in the upper house.Reporting by Tetsushi Kajimoto; Editing by Chang-Ran Kim

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