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This Japanese tax has a problem: It’s too popular

The Japan Times

Published 1 Oct 2026, 11:30 am·6 d ago·1 min read

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A system with winners must have losers, and in this case, they are the places, mainly prosperous cities, watching their tax revenue flow elsewhere.

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