The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications has decided to regulate expensive gifts sent by local governments to donors under the "hometown tax" program. As part of the current scheme, ...

A potential scandal involving the abuse of a tax incentive program for companies has come to light. It is suspected that a group of companies used the corporate version of the “furusato nozei” ...

The day-to-day operation of Japan's "furusato nozei," or hometown tax donation program, has seen a dramatic change in response to torrential rains that left extensive damage in western Japan. The ...

The internal affairs ministry said Friday that it will bar four municipalities from taking part in the country's furusato nōzei hometown tax donation program for two years from Monday due to their ...

Special tax incentives provided to households and companies decreased tax revenues by 8.048 trillion yen ($57 billion), or about 13 percent of the total collected in fiscal 2020, according to Finance ...