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Takaichi under pressure before the tax cut as a finance ministry reshuffle stirs debate
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消費税減税を前に高市首相が苦悩 財務省の人事に波紋

Takaichi under pressure before the tax cut as a finance ministry reshuffle stirs debate

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9月に行われるとみられる内閣改造ないかくかいぞうを前に、高市早苗首相が頭を悩ませています。改造と党の役員人事じんじを経てのぞむ秋の臨時国会りんじこっかいで、最大の課題かだいとなるのが消費税しょうひぜい減税げんぜいです。

Ahead of a cabinet reshuffle expected in September, Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae faces a difficult calculation. After the reshuffle and new party leadership appointments, the biggest issue at the autumn extraordinary Diet session will be the consumption tax cut.

自民党じみんとうは、食料品しょくりょうひんにかかる税率ぜいりつを2027年4月から2年間、8%から1%に引き下げる基本方針案を了承りょうしょうしました。政府はその後閣議決定かくぎけっていを行い、残る1%分は中低所得者への給付きゅうふで実質的にゼロにするとしています。関連法案ほうあんは秋の臨時国会に提出される見込みです。

The Liberal Democratic Party approved a draft policy to cut the tax on food from 8% to 1% for two years starting in April 2027. The government then adopted a cabinet decision under which the remaining 1% would be offset by payments to middle- and low-income households, making it effectively zero. The related bill is expected to go to the autumn Diet session.

減税は今年2月の衆院選しゅういんせんでの公約こうやくでしたが、党内には反対はんたいする議員もいます。選挙で減税を主張しゅちょうしていた野党やとうからも反対の声が上がっており、臨時国会はれると予想よそうされています。

The cut was a campaign promise in February's lower house election, yet some lawmakers within the party oppose it. Even opposition parties that had campaigned for tax cuts have voiced objections, so the session is expected to be stormy.

減税の実現には財務省ざいむしょうの働きが欠かせません。ところが、その財務省で中心的な官僚かんりょう左遷させんされたと報じられました。6日の朝日新聞によると、将来の次官じかん候補こうほとみられていた官僚が、財政ざいせい政策をめぐって首相官邸かんてい対立たいりつしたということです。

Making the tax cut happen depends heavily on the finance ministry. Yet a senior official there was reported to have been sidelined. According to the Asahi Shimbun on the 6th, the official, seen as a future vice-minister, had clashed with the prime minister's office over fiscal policy.

この官僚は財政再建ざいせいさいけん重視じゅうしする立場で、積極的せっきょくてきな財政運営を掲げるかかげる官邸とは考え方が合わなかったとみられます。記事では、政権に協力きょうりょく的でなかったからだとする官邸幹部かんぶの説明も紹介しょうかいされています。

The official is said to favour fiscal consolidation, putting him at odds with a prime minister's office that champions active fiscal spending. The article also cites an explanation from a senior figure in the office that he had not been very cooperative with the administration.

現在の財務大臣は片山さつき氏です。一部のメディアは交代こうたいの可能性にれていますが、7月末には日米両政府が円安えんやす是正ぜせいに向けて協調介入かいにゅうを実施したばかりです。ここで交代すれば、アメリカ側に円安を是正しないという印象いんしょうを与えかねないという見方も出ています。

The current finance minister is Katayama Satsuki. Some media have raised the possibility of a change, but at the end of July the Japanese and US governments carried out a joint intervention to correct the weak yen. Replacing her now, some argue, risks signalling to Washington that Japan no longer intends to address the currency's weakness.

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