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Japan’s revenue from its international tourism tax was likely to have tripled in fiscal 2023 from a year earlier to around 40 billion yen ($255 million), buoyed by a sharp increase in foreign tourists after the removal of coronavirus-related restrictions, government officials said Monday. Since 2019, Japan has been collecting 1,000 yen per traveler leaving the country. For fiscal 2023, the country has so far raked in 36.2 billion yen, with an additional 3 billion yen expected when the full-year figure is finalized, according to Finance Ministry officials. Japan’s fiscal year runs from April to…

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