Japan PM Kan Effectively Scraps Idea Of Raising Sales Tax To Around 10% - Kyodo - Wall Street Journal http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNG_BWBZn5LsH7hcxtTdwgukAIQA8w&url=http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20100804-705636.html