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Thank You for Smoking!

There was an interesting little nugget last week on the website of The Mainichi Daily News, discussing the benefits of raising taxes on cigarettes.The government can expect to make an extra 9 trillion yen in tax revenue over the next 10 years by raising... ...full story at Kyklops

from Kyklops on Mon, Sep 22 2008

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21 Dec 07 visit Mainichi Miki - 03 - Extract of Tokyo 01  »  YouTube videoMainichi, something about my life in Japan. Today: an extract of Tokyo from the first day until the day before yesterday. http://mainichi.wordpress.com
31 May 08 visit Mainichi fined for dodging taxes  »  Japan Times Mainichi Newspapers Co. has been slapped with back taxes for concealing ¥458 million in taxable income over the five-year period through March 2007, sources familiar with the matter said. The publisher of the daily Mainichi Shimbun has been slapped wit...
20 Jul 08 visit National › Mainichi vows promises start following criticism of online English column  »  Japan Today The Mainichi Newspapers Co, publisher of the Mainichi Shimbun, pledged Sunday to make its online English-language website more ''news-oriented'' after criticism that its ''WaiWai'' column…
06 Jan 08 visit The Hunter’s Shotgun  »  Rewilding in Japan Interesting to me that this story would make the National News . But it sure does make KenElwood news. Via Mainichi Pheasant-hunter loses unloaded shotgun in forest TOYOHASHI, Aichi — A man lost his shotgun after going hunting in a forest here on...
19 Feb 08 visit Diet begins debate on keeping extra gas taxes  »  Japan Times Debate over whether to keep for another 10 years the long-standing but provisional extra gas and other auto-related taxes began Tuesday as the Lower House took up the government's tax reform bill. Read the full story . . .
01 May 08 visit Business › Gas stations start raising prices  »  Japan Today 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.…

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