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4 LDP Lawmakers Absent From Consumption Tax Cut Vote

On the 6th, when the bill to reduce the consumption tax on food and beverages was passed in the House of Representatives plenary session, four Liberal Democratic Party members—former Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, former election strategy committee chair Yuko Obuchi, former Minister of Justice Yoshihisa Furukawa, and former Director-General of the Economic Planning Agency Hajime Funada—left the session midway and did not participate in the vote.…

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It has been revealed that the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leadership has demanded a written explanation from former Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and three others who walked out of the House of Representatives plenary session on November 6th regarding the bill to reduce the consumption tax on food and beverages, stating that it "cannot be overlooked." The four LDP members—former Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, former election strategy committe…

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◎Consumption Tax Reduction and Support Fund Act Compiled by Automation 2026/11/07 (local)

Anti-Takaichi sentiment has become more apparent. On the 6th, the bill related to the reduction of consumption tax was passed by a majority vote in the House of Representatives, but four people, including former Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and former Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Yuko Obuchi, walked out before the vote...

·Osaka, Japan
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Topic of interest: Four LDP members, Shigeru Ishiba, Yuko Obuchi, Yoshihisa Furukawa, and Hajime Funada, walk out of the vote on the consumption tax reduction bill - their respective reasons https://t.co/a6vYEP7EVz Obuchi stated that the reason for walking out after the vote on the 6th was "the source of funding is

·Japan
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On the 6th, when the bill to reduce the consumption tax on food and beverages was passed in the House of Representatives plenary session, four Liberal Democratic Party members—former Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, former election strategy committee chair Yuko Obuchi, former Minister of Justice Yoshihisa Furukawa, and former Director-General of the Economic Planning Agency Hajime Funada—left the session midway and did not participate in the vote.…

·Japan
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産経ニュース broke the news in Japan on Friday, November 6, 2026.
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