Higher tobacco taxes could be on the way to Japan photo by HAMED MASOUMI One of the reasons for many ex-pats in Japan to take up or continue smoking is their relative low-cost to cigarettes back home.  Currency exchange is one thing but also the fact that the Japanese Government has resisted temptation to whack high taxes [...]

Photo of Shanghai on a rollercoaster by yakobusan Japan down, next stop America. These are the thoughts of the New York Times as summed up in Benzinga.  According to Benzinga, Japan may become the next “Switzerland – rich and comfrotable, but of little global impact”. But what about the immediate future?  What about it’s position as the 2nd [...]

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