Gov't to not review new expressway tariff in about-face

Gov't to not review new expressway tariff in about-face

TOKYO, Japan - Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Seiji Maehara speaks to reporters at the transport ministry in Tokyo on April 22, 2010, after talks with Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama. Maehara said he gained Hatoyama's support for his decision not to review the government's new expressway tariff which caps tolls based on the size of motor vehicles, with a cap on cars set at 2,000 yen.

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