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

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