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The Japan Times Article Rating

Kishida defends backtrack on capital gains tax in Upper House grilling

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  • Policy Leaning

    34% Somewhat Right

  • Politician Portrayal

    37% Positive

Bias Score Analysis

The A.I. bias rating includes policy and politician portrayal leanings based on the author’s tone found in the article using machine learning. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral.

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : Japanese Communist Party leader Kazuo Shii called for a higher greenhouse gas emissions cut, nuclear power to be ended by 2030 and more use of renewable energy.
37% : "We clearly oppose strengthening the capital gains tax, which would greatly impede the supply of high-risk money and have a large impact on stock prices that are subject to taxes," said Hiroshi Mikitani, head of the Japan Association of New Economy, an association of risk fund managers, in a statement Wednesday.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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