Gas stations start raising prices, tax surcharges reinstated

Gas stations start raising prices, tax surcharges reinstated

TOKYO, Japan - No customers are seen at a Tokyo gas station in the morning on May 1. Gas stations began raising gas prices the same day after the reinstatement of road-relations tax surcharges.

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