Tax system to be discussed after Upper House election
Prime Minister Kan's press conference
June 21, 2010, Tokyo, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan gestures as he delivers his remarks during a news conference at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on Monday, June 21, 2010. Kan proposed to start debating a possible sales tax hike after July 11 upper house elections to bring down Japan's huge public debt, which is nearing 200 per cent. Kan proposed to start debating a possible sales tax hike after July 11 upper house elections to bring down Japan's huge public debt, which is nearing 200 per cent of gross domestic product, the highest level of any industrialized nation. (Photo by Tatsuyuki Tayama/Gamma/AFLO) [3609] -mis-