Ozawa sees no room for talks with gov't on road taxes

Ozawa sees no room for talks with gov't on road taxes

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan President Ichiro Ozawa speaks to the press at the end of the party's one-day convention in Yokohama on Jan. 16. He said he does not see any room for talks with the government on its plan to maintain the provisionally raised rates of the gasoline tax and other road-related taxes beyond their expiration in March.

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