Japan eyes sales tax rise to pay for post-quake rebuild
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1 / 21 A remote-controlled robot called ''Packbot,'' which has capabilities including manoeuvring through buildings, taking images, and measuring radiation levels, is seen getting its picture taken by another Packbot in Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) Co.'s crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant No.1 reactor building in Fukushima, northern Japan, April 18, 2011 in this handout photo released by TEPCO on
April 19, 2011.
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese consumers may have to help foot the reconstruction bill after last month's earthquake and tsunami caused $300 billion of damage, further burdening the hugely indebted economy, a newspaper said on Tuesday.
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Linda Sieg and Kazunori Takada
TOKYO
Tue Apr 19, 2011 8:24am EDT
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