Japan alcohol to be exempt from liquor tax for foreign tourists

Japan alcohol to be exempt from liquor tax for foreign tourists

File photo take in December 2015 shows tourists tasting Japanese sake at Hakutsuru Sake Brewery Museum in Kobe, Japan. The Japan Tourism Agency plans to exempt domestically produced alcoholic drinks such as sake from the liquor tax for foreign tourists as part of efforts to boost regional economies, agency officials said on Aug. 20, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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