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Japan’s PM Abe Promises Corporate Tax Cuts

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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged to world business and political leaders Wednesday that Japan will “set about further reform on corporate tax this year,” expressing eagerness to carry out tax cuts in order to attract investment from abroad.

In the speech he gave at the opening session of the World Economic Forum in the Swiss resort of Davos, Abe also emphasized that uncertainties in Asia would affect “the entire world,” apparently warning against China’s aggressive military expansion.

Abe, who is trying to beat nearly two decades of deflation, became Japan’s first prime minister to deliver a keynote speech at the main session of the annual forum.

In the speech, Abe put emphasis on the significance of structural reforms in Japan, particularly aimed at restoring the country’s international competitiveness and reinforcing its innovation capacity.

The Japanese government must “make the tax system for companies internationally competitive,” Abe said.

“We will also encourage companies to use the cash they have gathered towards capital investment, R&D (research and development), and raises in workers’ salaries. To do this, we will put tax incentives into place in a way completely different from before,” he added.

To invigorate private-sector investment, Abe promised that the government will end its decades-long policy of protecting rice farmers by limiting their production and allow firms to enter the retail electricity market, saying, “In Japan, people have long said that such a thing is just impossible.”

via Mainichi

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Alfonso Esparza

Alfonso Esparza

Senior Currency Analyst at Market Pulse
Alfonso Esparza specializes in macro forex strategies for North American and major currency pairs. Upon joining OANDA in 2007, Alfonso Esparza established the MarketPulseFX blog and he has since written extensively about central banks and global economic and political trends. Alfonso has also worked as a professional currency trader focused on North America and emerging markets. He has been published by The MarketWatch, Reuters, the Wall Street Journal and The Globe and Mail, and he also appears regularly as a guest commentator on networks including Bloomberg and BNN. He holds a finance degree from the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESM) and an MBA with a specialization on financial engineering and marketing from the University of Toronto.
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