Gifu assembly approves environmental tax in natational park

Gifu assembly approves environmental tax in natational park

GIFU, Japan - File photo shows the Norikura Skyline toll road in the Chubu Mountains National Park. The Gifu prefectural assembly voted to levy a new environmental tax on Oct. 9 on buses and taxis using the road, the first such tax in the Japan's 28 national parks.

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