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Businesses, smokers burnt by Japan’s record US$8 billion defence budget

South China Morning Post · · 205 words · By Kyodo
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“Japan begins tax increases to bankroll record US$8 billion military build-up”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to support the claim about Japan's tax increases funding a military build-up.
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“Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has pledged to increase defence spending to 2 per cent of Japan’s gross domestic product”
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Wikipedia entries only confirm Sanae Takaichi's tenure as PM but do not mention specific defense spending pledges to 2% GDP.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The prime minister of Japan is the country's head of government and the leader of the Cabinet. This is a list of prime ministers of Japan, from when the first Japanese prime minister (in the modern se…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Jap…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sanae Takaichi's tenure as prime minister of Japan began on 21 October 2025 when she was officially appointed prime minister by Emperor Naruhito in a ceremony at the Tokyo Imperial Palace, succeeding …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premiership_of_Sanae_Takaichi
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sanae Takaichi (高市 早苗, Takaichi Sanae; born 7 March 1961) is a Japanese politician who has been Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) since October 2025. She is …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanae_Takaichi
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“the public is likely to face further tax burdens to finance the outlays, which have now ballooned to a record-high 9 trillion yen a year”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to support the 9 trillion yen defense outlay claim.
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“the government added a surtax of 4 per cent after deducting 5 million yen from the corporate tax amount”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to support the corporate tax surcharge details.
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“the measure, estimated to raise tax revenues by 869 billion yen, will exclude small and midsize businesses with small incomes”
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Wikipedia entries unrelated to tax measures or 869 billion yen revenue projections.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Year 869 (DCCCLXIX) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/869
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Flight 869 may refer to: United Arab Airlines Flight 869 (1962), crashed on 19 July 1962 United Arab Airlines Flight 869 (1963), crashed on 28 July 1963
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — German submarine U-869 was a Type IXC/40 U-boat of the German Navy (Kriegsmarine) during World War II; her keel was laid down 5 April 1943 by Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG Weser of Bremen. It w…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_submarine_U-869
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“For heated tobacco products, the government is implementing a two-stage tax hike starting on Wednesday and again from October, aligning them with the rate for conventional cigarettes, which is currently higher”
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Wikipedia entries about Wednesday demonstrations and music groups do not support the tax hike claim.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025–26 season is the 158th season in the existence of Sheffield Wednesday and the club's third consecutive season in the Championship. In addition to the league, they also competed in the FA Cup …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–26_Sheffield_Wednesday_F.…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Wednesday Campanella (水曜日のカンパネラ, Suiyōbi no Kampanera) is a Japanese music group formed in 2012 combining musical genres such as EDM, J-pop, and hip hop into a unique stylistic blend. The lyrics gener…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wednesday_Campanella
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Wednesday demonstration (Korean: 수요 집회, romanized: Suyo jipoe), officially named Wednesday Demonstration demanding Japan to redress the Comfort Women problems (Korean: 일본군 위안부 문제 해결을 위한 정기 수요시위, roman…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wednesday_demonstration
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“It will then raise the tax rate for both heated and conventional cigarettes from April 2027 in three stages, hiking it by 0.5 yen per stick. The increases are set to expand tax revenues by 212 billion yen”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to support the 2027 cigarette tax rate claim.
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“As for income tax, the government will charge an extra 1 per cent from January 2027 to secure 256 billion yen”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to support the 1% income tax increase claim.
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