21.   At the same time, the government is easing corporation taxes and scrapping wealth tax.

22.   But he said the government was studying a proposal to scrap the tax in exchange for a single payment by oil exporters.

23.   To compensate for the loss of revenue involved in scrapping the taxes, the authorities said excise duty would be levied on domestic fuel consumption.

24.   Oil producers also have been pressing the government to scrap the tax that is to be imposed from March.

25.   Public transport operators demanding that the government scrap new taxes observed a nationwide strike Tuesday and said the stoppage would continue indefinitely until their demands were met.

26.   Since the tax was scrapped, bookies have seen their takings leap.

27.   The New Frontier Party has decided to oppose the increase for the time being while the Japan Communist Party wants the tax to be scrapped outright.