Japanese e-book sellers vexed by Amazon.com

Japanese e-book sellers vexed by Amazon.com

TOKYO, Japan - Tsuguhiko Kadokawa, chairman of major Japanese publishing house Kadokawa Corp., speaks at a public forum in Tokyo on Nov. 26, 2013, demanding equal taxation of e-books and other digital contents purchased from overseas vendors such as the U.S.-based Amazon.com Inc. Overseas companies are now exempt from the consumption tax, which will be raised to 8 percent in April from 5 percent now, and to 10 percent in October 2015.

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