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Wed, 28 Aug 2013 04:44 AM

Toyota Motor Corp President Akio Toyoda, who is also the head of Japan Automobile Association Inc., is surrounded by the media after a government-hosted hearing at Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's official residence in Tokyo August 28, 2013. Japan's government kicks off a week-long series of hearings with economists, business leaders and consumer advocates on Monday that may sway premier Shinzo Abe's decision on how to proceed with a planned hike in the country's sales tax. During six days of hearings to Saturday, the government will gather opinions from 60 people on Japan's most significant fiscal reform in years - a change that is unpopular but equally seen as necessary to reduce Japan's public debt, which recently reached 1,000 trillion yen ($10 trillion). REUTERS/Issei Kato (JAPAN - Tags: BUSINESS POLITICS MEDIA)

Wed, 28 Aug 2013 04:43 AM

Toyota Motor Corp President Akio Toyoda, who is also the head of Japan Automobile Association Inc., is surrounded by the media after a government-hosted hearing at Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's official residence in Tokyo August 28, 2013. Japan's government kicks off a week-long series of hearings with economists, business leaders and consumer advocates on Monday that may sway premier Shinzo Abe's decision on how to proceed with a planned hike in the country's sales tax. During six days of hearings to Saturday, the government will gather opinions from 60 people on Japan's most significant fiscal reform in years - a change that is unpopular but equally seen as necessary to reduce Japan's public debt, which recently reached 1,000 trillion yen ($10 trillion). REUTERS/Issei Kato (JAPAN - Tags: BUSINESS POLITICS MEDIA)

Wed, 28 Aug 2013 04:43 AM

Toyota Motor Corp President Akio Toyoda, who is also the head of Japan Automobile Association Inc., is surrounded by the media after a government-hosted hearing at Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's official residence in Tokyo August 28, 2013. Japan's government kicks off a week-long series of hearings with economists, business leaders and consumer advocates on Monday that may sway premier Shinzo Abe's decision on how to proceed with a planned hike in the country's sales tax. During six days of hearings to Saturday, the government will gather opinions from 60 people on Japan's most significant fiscal reform in years - a change that is unpopular but equally seen as necessary to reduce Japan's public debt, which recently reached 1,000 trillion yen ($10 trillion). REUTERS/Issei Kato (JAPAN - Tags: BUSINESS POLITICS MEDIA)

Wed, 28 Aug 2013 04:42 AM

Toyota Motor Corp President Akio Toyoda, who is also the head of Japan Automobile Association Inc., is surrounded by the media after a government-hosted hearing at Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's official residence in Tokyo August 28, 2013. Japan's government kicks off a week-long series of hearings with economists, business leaders and consumer advocates on Monday that may sway premier Shinzo Abe's decision on how to proceed with a planned hike in the country's sales tax. During six days of hearings to Saturday, the government will gather opinions from 60 people on Japan's most significant fiscal reform in years - a change that is unpopular but equally seen as necessary to reduce Japan's public debt, which recently reached 1,000 trillion yen ($10 trillion). REUTERS/Issei Kato (JAPAN - Tags: BUSINESS POLITICS MEDIA)

Wed, 28 Aug 2013 09:12 AM

Western envoys tell Syrian opposition to expect a military response soon against President Assad's forces as punishment for a chemical weapons attack last week