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Coalition eyes higher tax on elderly in FY 2004

TOKYO, Japan - Yuji Shimazu (R), chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party's tax research council, speaks at a news conference at the party headquarters on Dec. 17. He unveiled a tax plan for fiscal 2004 that will toughen taxation on the elderly and raise a portion of the local income tax to secure more revenues for the debt-ridden public coffers.

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National boxing champ to box in charity match

KISARAZU, Japan - Japanese super flyweight champion Shingo Sasaki, is in exercise at his gym in Kisarazu, Chiba Prefecture on Dec. 12 in preparation for his charity match against Thailand's top-ranked super flyweight Khunchit Kiatgeija in Sodegaura on Dec. 15. A public servant in the town of Kyonan in the prefecture, Sasaki is legally barred from receiving a purse. The proceeds of the nontitle match will go to the municipal coffers of Sodegaura and Kisarazu, with part of the money expected to be spent on sports promotion.

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Tanaka to return salary over ministry scandals

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka announces Aug. 10 she will return one month's worth of her salary to state coffers over a series of embezzlement scandals involving ministry officials which broke since she took office in late April.

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National boxing champ to box in charity match

KISARAZU, Japan - Japanese super flyweight champion Shingo Sasaki, is in exercise at his gym in Kisarazu, Chiba Prefecture on Dec. 12 in preparation for his charity match against Thailand's top-ranked super flyweight Khunchit Kiatgeija in Sodegaura on Dec. 15. A public servant in the town of Kyonan in the prefecture, Sasaki is legally barred from receiving a purse. The proceeds of the nontitle match will go to the municipal coffers of Sodegaura and Kisarazu, with part of the money expected to be spent on sports promotion.

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Tanaka to return salary over ministry scandals

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka announces Aug. 10 she will return one month's worth of her salary to state coffers over a series of embezzlement scandals involving ministry officials which broke since she took office in late April.

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New consumption tax takes effect in Malaysia

Price tags reflecting revised prices under a new consumption tax regime are displayed in the beer corner at a supermarket in Kuala Lumpur on April 1, 2015, the first day the goods and services tax of 6 percent was introduced by the Malaysian government facing dwindling coffers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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189.2 bil. yen spent from state coffers on Fukushima cleanup

File photo taken in February 2015 shows the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. It was reported on March 23 that a total of 189.2 billion yen ($1.58 billion) of taxpayers' money has been spent since 2011 on decommissioning the nuclear plant and measures to prevent buildup of radioactive water. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-welfare ass'n official held on suspicion of embezzlement

OSAKA, Japan - Sadao Sotome, a former senior official at a government-authorized welfare association supporting mentally handicapped people, hides his face while arriving at JR Shin-Osaka Station from Saitama, north of Tokyo, on Sept. 24, 2009. Sotome was later arrested on suspicion of pocketing about 10 million yen from the body's coffers. (Kyodo)

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Coalition eyes higher tax on elderly in FY 2004

TOKYO, Japan - Yuji Shimazu (R), chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party's tax research council, speaks at a news conference at the party headquarters on Dec. 17. He unveiled a tax plan for fiscal 2004 that will toughen taxation on the elderly and raise a portion of the local income tax to secure more revenues for the debt-ridden public coffers. (Kyodo)

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LNG production continues in Aceh despite independence call

ACEH, Indonesia - Despite an increasing demand for independence and mounting separatist guerrilla activities, production of liquefied natural gas continues at a plant in Aceh, a joint venture between state-run oil company Pertamina and a Japanese concern. Photo shows a tanker loading LNG for Japan. Almost all of the income from the project enters the national coffers and the guerrillas are demanding the LNG income be retained in Aceh. (5th of 5-photo series on Aceh)