The Japan TimesOct 11
The Osaka High Court has upheld a lower court ruling that the central government's decision to cut special tax grants to the city of Izumisano in Osaka Prefecture, due to its hometown tax donation revenue, was illegal. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/10/japan/crime-legal/izumisano-illegal-tax-cut/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #izumisano #japanesecourts #taxes #furusatonozei #osaka
Government cuts to Izumisano's tax grants illegal, Osaka High Court rules

The city in Osaka Prefecture raised about ¥49.8 billion in donations in fiscal 2018, the most among the local governments under the hometown tax donation program.

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