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Some gas stations in Japan started raising gasoline prices Thursday as a tax code bill to reinstate road-related tax surcharges took effect the same day.… ...full story at Japan Today

from Japan Today on Thu, May 01 2008

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01 Jun 08 visit Gas prices start to jump  »  Japan Times
The nation's major oil wholesalers increased their product prices Sunday, blaming higher crude oil prices and prompting gasoline stations across the nation to hike their prices to as high as the upper ¥170 level per liter. Nippon Oil Corp., Japan'...

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