GLOBE NEWS ·JAPAN TIMES-Abe wants to keep revenue loss from tax reduction to less than ¥400 billion Prime Minister Shinzo Abe orders his team to work toward designating fresh food as the only category subject to lower tax rates when the consumption tax goes up to 10 ...

Abe wants to keep revenue loss from tax reduction to less than ¥400 billion

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe orders his team to work toward designating fresh food as the only category subject to lower tax rates when the consumption tax goes up to 10 ...
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Man with bag, pack seen on security camera near Yasukuni restroom blast site

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  SOCIAL ISSUES

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  SOCIAL ISSUES

  Firms, local governments promote teleworking to lure urbanites to Japan's dying countryside

  In the drive to lure urbanites to depressed parts of the countryside, businesses in the Tokyo metropolitan area and local governments are cooperating to provide computer-based jobs to rural residents. The gains are twofold: ...
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  Turkey downs Russian warplane near Syria border; Moscow denies airspace violation

  Turkish fighter jets shot down a Russian warplane near the Syrian border Tuesday after repeated warnings over air space violations, but Moscow said it could prove the jet had not left Syrian air space. ...

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