ニュース英語では次のように書かれていました。
Mr. Aso said that he wants to raise the consumption tax after he has achieved drastic reform to bureaucratic systems, and has become confident that domestic economic conditions are favorable for the tax raise.
The government and the Liberal Democratic Party-New Komeito ruling bloc on Wednesday officially authorized a midterm tax reform program to increase the 5 percent consumption tax in fiscal 2011 if the economy improves.