Bloomberg Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he doesn’t see a need to raise the nation’s sales tax beyond 10 percent over the next 10 years, a stance that could hamper the government’s efforts to put the nation’s finances in order. “I don’t think there’s a need to raise it for the foreseeable future, for example, the next 10 years ...

Bloomberg Coal may account for half of India’s power generation in 2030 despite a boom in solar and wind energy projects, according to analysis by the country’s power-planning body. The assessment, released by the nation’s Central Electricity Authority (CEA), highlights that the nation has a large existing fleet of coal plants and that there’s a mismatch between peak periods of ...

Bloomberg Indian businessman Vijay Mallya won the right to challenge extradition to his home country, at a hearing where he said he’s been turned into “the personification of all of India’s financial ills” and risks being held in a rat-infested, overcrowded jail cell. Mallya, the former billionaire who was known as the “King of Good Times” in India, is fighting ...