The bill's supplementary clause urges the central government to work out concrete measures to make up for an estimated ...

Japan enacted Friday legislation to scrap the provisional tax surcharges for gasoline and diesel fuel in an effort to curb inflation, without specifying alternative sources for government funding. The ...

The legislation, adopted at a plenary meeting, also states that the provisional gas oil delivery tax surcharge of ¥17.1 per ...

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 legi ...

Japan’s public debt stands at over 250 per cent of GDP, far surpassing the levels in the United States, yet political and public complacency persists in the absence of a fiscal crisis. Amid cost of ...