This was a big week for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, from which he managed to come out miraculously unscathed. His decision to delay the tax hike until late 2019 was met with intense backlash by the opposition parties, prompting a motion of no-confidence against the Cabinet. However, the motion simply "bounced off" Abe, and high-profile events such as the G7 summit and Obama’s visit to Hiroshima have in fact boosted approval ratings for his administration. In other news, an investigation of Tokyo Governor Masuzoe’s personal use of political funds have again brought his antics into the limelight - find out about these stories and more on this week’s Tokyo on Fire!