Japan tripled its departure tax to fund tourism but is using the money on cherry blossoms and bears

Questions are being raised over whether money from foreign tourists is being used as intended. On 1 July, Japan increased its departure tax for everyone flying out of the country, raising it from 1,000 yen (US$6.28) to 3,000 yen per departure, with the cost included in the price of the airfare. While the threefold increase […]