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Wednesday, November 21, 2007 4:47 pm

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50% sure, fairly sure rise in consumption tax inevitable

Fifty percent of respondents to a Yomiuri Shimbun survey consider it inevitable or somewhat necessary that the consumption tax rate must rise to maintain the current social security system, including the pension program.

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