Japan PM mulls to include zero food tax proposal for election pledge

TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is considering including a proposal to temporarily cut the consumption tax on food to zero percent, from the current 8 percent, in her ruling party's campaign pledges for a House of Representatives election she is expected to call soon, government and party sources said Saturday.

A temporary suspension of consumption tax on food in the future has been part of the coalition agreement between Takaichi's Liberal Democratic Party and the Japan Innovation Party.