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   Minoru Saba (minorusaba@toad.social)'s status on Saturday, 30-Nov-2024 19:41:57 JST Minoru Saba

   Greece "is the 8th country to drop out after initially planning to participate in the [Osaka] expo...amid concerns about the event's ballooning costs"
   https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241130/p2g/00m/0na/009000c
   #Osaka #NoMoreExpos #WhiteElephant #Japan

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     Minoru Saba (minorusaba@toad.social)'s status on Saturday, 30-Nov-2024 20:07:00 JST Minoru Saba

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     "If the income tax threshold is lifted from the current 1.03M yen ($6,674) per year to 1.78M yen...tax revenue would drop by 7T yen ($45.36B) to 8T yen"...goes the excuse of Japan's govt why it's difficult to help part-timers & students
     https://www.reuters.com/markets/asia/japan-considering-raising-income-tax-threshold-fresh-economic-stimulus-2024-11-22/

     OTOH govt "unveiled the overall cost of hosting the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka, putting infrastructure development at some 9.7T yen" in Dec 2023
     https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20231220/p2a/00m/0na/002000c

     Hope hung parliament sets more sensible spending priorities🙄