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JIJI Press, Japan Probe / NHK Business, Kyodo News + 3 more · Japan
6 outletsJapan's House of Representatives () passed a bill on November 6, 2026, to cut the on food and beverages from the current reduced rate of 8% to 1% for a two-year period starting April 2027. The bill also includes an income-linked cash benefit program for low-income households. It is a flagship policy of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's government and now moves to the for further deliberation.
The claim is solid, reported by multiple reputable Japanese and international news outlets (Kyodo News, Jiji Press, NHK, The Japan Times) citing the official Lower House vote on November 6, 2026. The details—a reduction from 8% to 1% for two years from April 2027—are consistent across all sources, and the primary source is the legislative procedure itself.
Genuinely new; the bill passed the Lower House on November 6, 2026, and was widely reported that same day, with no indication of being a resurfacing of older material.
We previously covered the bill's introduction to the Lower House on October 21, 2026, the opposition's request for a panel on October 23, and the approval of the FY2027 tax reform including the food tax cut on September 19, 2026. This item reports the successful passage of that bill through the Lower House.