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.

Gas stations start raising prices, tax surcharges reinstated

Gas stations start raising prices, tax surcharges reinstated

TOKYO, Japan - A staffer at a Tokyo gas station changes gas prices on boards at 1:03 a.m. May 1 after a tax code bill to reinstate road-related tax surcharges took effect the same day. The Diet passed the bill after a revote in the ruling camp-controlled House of Representatives on April 30.

Ruling parties to revote for gas, road-related tax surcharges

Ruling parties to revote for gas, road-related tax surcharges

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (R), who doubles as Liberal Democratic Party president, and New Komeito chief Akihiro Ota (2nd from L) sign April 28 in the Diet building documents reaffirming their plan to reinstate gasoline and other road-related tax surcharges through a revote for a tax code bill on April 30 in the coalition-controlled House of Representatives.

Ruling parties to revote for gas, road-related tax surcharges

Ruling parties to revote for gas, road-related tax surcharges

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (R), who doubles as Liberal Democratic Party president, and New Komeito chief Akihiro Ota (2nd from L) sign April 28 in the Diet building documents reaffirming their plan to reinstate gasoline and other road-related tax surcharges through a revote for a tax code bill on April 30 in the coalition-controlled House of Representatives. (Kyodo)