Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said proposed tax cuts should be as large as possible, though on the size of the reductions, he simply reiterated his earlier pledge they should exceed 1 trln yen. "I have been saying the tax cuts should be as much as possible, exceeding 1 trln yen. I know there are deliberations outside over how much the tax cuts should be," Koizumi said.
"I want to make the right decision by watching closely the development of the talks," he told a parliamentary budget committee, when asked whether tax cuts could come to 2 trln yen or more.///www.ananova.com