Japan looking to impose $9 departure tax - Nikkei

The Nikkei Asian Review reported that the Japanese authorities are considering the introduction of a departure tax of 1,000 yen (USD 8.76) on anyone, including foreigners, leaving the country.

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Officials from the Japan Tourism Agency and Finance Ministry who are discussing the tax appear to favor that it take the shape of a surcharge on airfare.

Related bills will be debated next year, and the government hopes to introduce the tax in the fiscal year through March 2020.