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Japan's struggling rural towns lure tax from other wards with beef, beer

Published Tue, Jan 10, 2017 · 09:50 PM

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    Tokyo

    WANT a free case of craft beer? If you send 30,000 yen (S$371) or more of your taxes to the town of Yamanouchi in Nagano prefecture, they'll send you 24 bottles of a locally brewed beer to say thanks.

    Want beef? Redirect 50,000 yen of your local area taxes to Miyakonojo in Miyazaki, and you'll get 3 kilograms of high-grade beef in return.

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