Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa proposed Friday a capital gains tax exemption on securities purchased in 2002 for long-term holding.
The plan is aimed at encouraging stock investors to buy -- rather than sell -- securities for a short term, helping to ease the current selling pressure on the stock market.
Shiokawa floated the idea at a news conference following a Cabinet meeting.
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