Japan delays sales-tax hike to boost economy

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  • 8 years ago
Japanese people are being encouraged to spend their yen now to try and boost the world’s third-largest economy.
They were expecting to pay more for everything they buy when the government imposed a higher sales tax, set to start next April.

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