Japan ruling party tax chief exposes rift with Komeito over tax cuts

"Naturally, we have no choice but to limit it to one year," Miyazawa said in an interview with Kyodo News and other media outlets, referring to the government's plan to cut income and resident taxes by a combined 40,000 yen per person.

Could be a linguistic tic and quite harmful is a Japanese tendency to attribute predatory economic/political/social relations as 'natural' or 'common sense'.

shake the right hand- smack you with the left!

…never met a "also plans" I didnt not like

Past, present ruling governments simply, for reasons best beknown to themselves are unable, or unwilling to accept that reforms have to be root and branch, bottom to top, sector by sector.

Tax restructuring, consumption tax completely set aside, and a more growth orientated, non-regressive purchase tax implemented.

Income tax reform, freeing the labor employment sector from a two-tier world of the salaryman, full time contractual musical chair hand me down, at the expense of the part time perceived skivvy menial completing the same tasks for a minimal remuneration.

Education system where schooling is second to none only to enter higher education/university, fulfils technical prowess, only to smother out innovation, entrepreneurial risk, replaced by leaden footed seniority based, merit free zones, backward facing corporate management hierarchy.

This toxic environment is ingrained infesting supported within government/ political system.

Change is desperately needed, some of the harsh monetary fiscal realities exposed from a devastating pandemic I fear has yet to fully realized,