Consumer Tax Hike Troubles

There’s been a lot of confusion as the tax on some goods have increased to 10% but some have not. Also, some companies have decided to absorb the tax increase into their pricing, while other companies have used the timing of the tax increase to significantly raise their own prices, such as Japan Rail Hokkaido. Yes, it’s all very confusing and there are a lot of unhappy people around, myself, Ben, included.We also talk about Japan trying to push cashless payments and how they are going t...