17 February 2012 Updated at 04:11 ET
Sales tax increase approved by Japan's cabinet
Sales tax will double by 2015 to help boost government coffers under the plans
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The Japanese cabinet has passed a plan to double sales taxes in an attempt to control the soaring costs of public debts.
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