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Environment Minister Ryu Matsumoto urged the nation’s top business lobby Monday to back its tax proposals and other measures to help reduce global warming.
But Hiromasa Yonekura, chairman of the Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren), strongly criticized the proposals for sending “an antibusiness message” to people at home and abroad that says Japan is keen on increasing taxation and regulation.
“We want the government to draw up measures to exercise Japan’s strengths, rather than undermining the vitality of its economy and industry,” Yonekura said at the meeting.