Nikkei: Japan’s ruling party gearing up for rancorous tax debate

The Nikkei reports this morning that Japan’s ruling party gearing up for rancorous tax debate

• Senior members of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party are dialing up pressure on the government to go ahead with a scheduled consumption tax hike
• While skeptics are trying to reverse the tide by sounding alarms about the slowing economy.
• More than 100 LDP officials and seasoned legislators attended a meeting hosted by the party’s tax panel Wednesday. Takeshi Noda

More at the link.

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More than 100 at the meeting?

It was the free pizza I reckon.