Japan Parties Agree to Scrap Add&On Gasoline Levy by Year&End

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Tokyo, July 30 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s ruling and opposition parties agreed Wednesday to abolish the provisional add-on gasoline tax rate as early as possible this year. The agreement was reached at a meeting of parliamentary affairs chiefs of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, its coalition partner, Komeito, the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, and Nippon Ishin no …

Tokyo, July 30 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s ruling and opposition parties agreed Wednesday to abolish the provisional add-on gasoline tax rate as early as possible this year. The agreement was reached at a meeting of parliamentary affairs chiefs of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, its coalition partner, Komeito, the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, and Nippon Ishin no …