Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said during a debate with opposition leaders that he will go ahead with the planned sales tax hike in October but vehemently denied there will be further increases while he remains in power.
Although rumors that Abe might postpone the tax hike have died down, with an Upper House election in less than three weeks, questions have been raised over whether there might be further tax hikes.
Japanese voters go to the polls tomorrow to elect the House Of Councillors, the upper house of the Diet, the nation's parliament.
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