THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
January 10, 2023 at 18:25 JST
The Miyakonojo city government in Miyazaki Prefecture offers an assortment of pork as a thank-you gift to people who donate money under the hometown tax program. (Provided by the Miyakonojo city government)
The hometown tax program, designed to help struggling rural communities, left 27 percent of all local governments in the red in fiscal 2021, a study by The Asahi Shimbun showed. [Read More]
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