Osaka shrine's flower girls call for proper sales tax payment

Osaka shrine's flower girls call for proper sales tax payment

OSAKA, Japan - Flower girls of Osaka Tenmangu shrine accompany a procession through the Tenjinbashisuji shopping arcade in Osaka on April 1, 2014, calling on people to pay the consumption tax. Japan's sales tax rate was raised from 5 percent to 8 percent on April 1.

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