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Proof: Takaichi defends plan to combine consumption tax cut with income-based cash payments

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-07T08:50:58Z","headline":"Takaichi defends plan to combine consumption tax cut with income-based cash payments","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"japantimes","url":"https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/10/07/japan/politics/takaichi-defends-tax-cut/","v":1}

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277f8696d18fc8411f5ca1314445b2ff26e737bcb619958af0f54507339bad68

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970320, mined 2026-10-07 08:56 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-07 09:11 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-07 08:52 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-277f8696d18f.json prints 277f8696d18fc8411f5ca1314445b2ff26e737bcb619958af0f54507339bad68. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-277f8696d18f.json and headline-277f8696d18f.json.ots onto opentimestamps.org, which checks the receipt against the Bitcoin block chain. Or, with the OpenTimestamps client and a Bitcoin node: ots verify headline-277f8696d18f.json.ots (ots upgrade first while the receipt is pending).
3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.

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