Tokyo Metropolitan Gov. Shintaro Ishihara proposed Monday that the metropolitan government start imposing a 3 percent tax on gross profits of large banks operating in Tokyo.
The announcement prompted immediate protests from the Japanese Bankers Association, which issued a statement calling the plan “extremely abrupt.”
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