Abe to Delay Putting Japan’s Sales Tax Increase Into Effect (Published 2016)

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan, center, with members of his cabinet at a plenary session of the House of Representatives on Wednesday in Tokyo.Credit...Kazuhiro Nogi/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images TOKYO — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan announced on Wednesday that he would delay an unpopular increase in the national sales tax, in what amounted to an acknowledgment that the country’s ec

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Mr. Abe’s handling of the economy remains a contentious issue. Despite more than three years of sustained stimulus, the robust increase in wages and prices that he promised has failed to materialize.