TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Sunday that the Japanese people should have their say on a proposed delay to an increase in the country's consumption tax.

"We should go to the people," he said at a ruling party meeting in Yokohama, referring to his earlier call for parliament to be dissolved and a general election held if the tax hike is delayed.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to delay an increase in Japan's sales tax by two and a half years, a government official said on Sunday.

(Reporting by Yoshifumi Takemoto; Writing by Shinichi Saoshiro; Editing by David Goodman)