The claim
小泉進次郎氏が消費増税を主張？
Original review summary
A video circulated in May 2025 made it appear that Koizumi supported a consumption-tax increase, but the review found it was assembled from selectively edited footage of his June 1, 2017 press conference. In the full recording, he said that a consumption-tax increase was not a viable option for the child-policy funding under discussion.[S1]
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Sources and attribution
- [S1] 日本ファクトチェックセンター(JFC) original review
Original review · Retrieved October 16, 2026