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MASAAKI KAMEDA and TOMOHIRO OSAKI, THE JAPAN TIMES
Experts have voiced concerns about the Finance Ministry's plan to use the upcoming My Number identity system to provide consumers with refunds on certain items and thereby soften the blow when the consumption tax is hiked to 10 percent from 8 percent in April 2017.
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