Japan to consider delaying defense spending tax increase to 2025 or beyond

Just scrap the tax increase and reduce the consumption tax on basic food items for goodness sake !!

@EastmanToday 04:59 pm JST

we dont need outdated overpriced US weapons here.

Our weapons work, which will beat weapons with paper specifications every time.

Probably even the LDP are having second thoughts about increasing tax on the workforce during the same financial quarter their bumchums at TEPCO are going to increase energy bills by 40%.

One step at a time, boys. We'll squeeze every last drop out of the serfs sooner or later.

We must be to fight back against foreign armies if required. We have strong friend (america) but its important that we are able to fight battle war on our own terms. I support the governing LDP and gladly pay more of tax to them and Kishida-sama

Who still cares anymore? Most people or at least more and more people, can’t buy anything already now, so they can raise taxes on almost everything a thousand or million times and still won’t get any more budget input. For example, if something I want costs 3000 yen and I have left only 500 yen, then go ahead, put even more taxes on it as you like, let it cost even 6000 or 60,000, that’s of no significance to me.

I've got an idea -- how about they delay the tax increase until expressway tolls are predicted to be free?

Stop passing the tax bill on to our kids and grandkids.

I 'm all for "beyond" like the free toll roads, 2125 or later.

Oh watch for the snap election! The LDP is getting heat for this, and if they say they will wait, it will appeal to the public, and be another point in their favor until the election.

Then after the election, they will jack taxes and make excuses, and do something, like give a handout to people at the same time.

Everyone knows what that's about!

To 2025 or better still never. Grow some and stand up to the US demands.

Japan to consider delaying defense spending tax increase to 2025 or beyond

Beyond sounds good to me.

As we don’t have any enemies for over 70 years…

Lower the tax rate substantially , raise the consumption tax a smaller amount and let the tourist who come here spending money help pay for it with the consumption tax on the goods they buy. Japan needs to be very careful of the amount of tax business pay in Japan, they already have large corporations shutting up shop in Japan to move offshore where taxes are cheaper. Meaning the loss of jobs for people and loss of income for the govt. I myself are right on the edge of doing the same. Total taxes I pay is currently 62% and employ local Japanese staff. If my taxes increase I am out of here and my staff are on their own.

tax increase to fund extra defense spending

So, we are supposed to pay for the weapons purchased from US? And doing so, weakening the yen, making our savings worthless? Do we have any say on this?

I got an idea, how about cutting local and national government employees including Mr. Kishida himself salaries and bonuses at first, then watch how this whole defense spending talk somehow disappear.

Only China and North Korea will be happy if the tax increase for defense spending is postponed.

If Japan is located in a peaceful place like the EU, there is no problem, but next to Japan, imperialism that has fallen behind, China, a country that ignores human rights, Russia that is at war with Ukraine, and North Korea that kidnaps Japanese people. . surrounded by enemy

The armaments situation is not something that can be finished immediately by spending money, but continuity is required. We also need to buy more high-performance American-made weapons.

If we really think about Japan's defense, an increase in defense spending is unavoidable and should be done now. By the way, Japan's current defense budget is about 5 trillion yen.

China is 29 trillion yen. This gap must be filled with tax increases.

The state is going to bring in circa 70 trillion yen in tax revenues this year, a record in nominal terms.

I would propose that instead of increasing tax rates higher,

1) the government instead eliminates all spending.

2) the government allocates 60 trillion yen to those items which it deems most important, by simple prioritization.

3) the government spends the remaining 10 trillion yen on paying down the 1,000 trillion yen of debt accumulated

Is this unreasonable?

NK, and China is arming up, their defense spending and military buildup has Japan right in the middle not counting out Russia. Japan has to arm up everyone here is talking about eating but not thinking about their survival. Yes you can complain about tax dollars being spent on US weapons, for the sake of your very own survival, what to you want the weapons for free? China and NK are developing advanced weapons and you want to save tax dollars but in the event of a war you have nothing to defend yourself waiting fro the US to help. Look at Hong Kong China took over Hong Kong without firing one single shot. This is the same reason Taiwan is arming up because they too know they can't count on the US.

Most Japanese cannot endure increasing taxes more than now.

People who reducing number or amount of food or avoid using air-conditioner or cannot but rely on food aid of volunteers by poverty are also increasing.

Besides, government intend to more reduce already needy medical or social welfare to buy costly weapons.

Now LDP regime is large threat for life and future of Japanese general citizen than neighboring countries.

Without steady economic growth in the 2-3% range doubling the defense budget is folly and a huge burden on the Japanese taxpayer. Japanese workers just may be OK paying some higher taxes (grumble grumble) if their salaries are steadily rising.

@Eastman

we dont need outdated overpriced US weapons here.

Japanese weapons cost even more than proven US weapons.

as long as the military spending that good news but I would be willing to pay the extra tax tomorrow as long as it ALL go on military.

By the way Japanese are masters at making weapons. It in their D&A. Best Sub built in the world at present go deepest go the longest.