Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi answers questions during a plenary meeting of the House of Representatives on Tuesday.
Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama explains the purpose of the consumption tax cut legislation during a plenary meeting of the House of Representatives on Tuesday.
Yuichiro Tamaki, leader of the Democratic Party for the People, holds a press conference in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Yuichiro Tamaki (third from right), leader of the Democratic Party for the People, and other party officials submit a counterproposal to the government's consumption tax cut legislation at the Diet building in Tokyo on Tuesday.