Koike calls for establishing new government that seeks to abolish consumption tax

Japanese Communist Party Secretariat Head Koike Akira (left back) together with members of a nationwide anti-consumption tax group took to the streets near Shinjuku Station to collect signatures calling for lowering the consumption tax rate which was raised to 10% last year. Using a microphone, Koike asked passersby for their cooperation in the signature-collection campaign, and expressed his determination to abolish the consumption tax by establishing a coalition government of opposition parties. (Oct.1/2020, Tokyo)