Japan Upper House Panel Votes to Lower Gasoline Tax
Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator 
Tokyo, Nov. 27 (Jiji Press)--Japan's House of Councillors Financial Affairs Committee on Thursday unanimously approved legislation to scrap the provisional gasoline tax surcharge of 25.1 yen per liter, effective Dec. 31. The legislation is expected to be passed into law at a plenary meeting of the upper chamber of the Diet, the country's parliament, on Friday. It was passed by the House of ...
