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Govt, LDP Discuss Increasing Taxation on Foreign Visitors; Abolition of Tourist’s Consumption Tax Exemption Urged
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Govt, LDP Discuss Increasing Taxation on Foreign Visitors; Abolition of Tourist’s Consumption Tax Exemption Urged
There are growing discussions within the ruling Liberal Democratic Party about how to tax the rapidly increasing number of foreign visitors to Japan more effectively. The LDP argues that abolishing the consumption tax exemption and raising the International Tourist Tax (departure tax) would also help to combat overtourism.
At the final regular session of the June regular session on the 13th, the Taketomi Town Council in Okinawa Prefecture (chairman: Kenichi Okubo) passed the "Taketomi Town Visitor Tax Ordinance Draft" by a vote of 10 in favor and 1 against, which would impose a 1,000 yen tax on visitors to the town, which has nine inhabited islands. Following the consent of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and a notice period of about one year, …
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