JAPAN AIRPORT FEES

Keith NuthallTHE JAPANESE government has come under pressure from the United States Trade Representative (USTR) office to cut landing and user fees at its major international airports. The call came in advice from USTR deputy Josette Sheeran Shiner, handed over to Japan foreign minister Ichiro Fujisaki, in Washington. Under the US-Japan Regulatory Reform Initiative, the two countries exchange reform recommendations annually. Here, said the USTR, cutting airport fees would "lower the cost of doing business in Japan", because these charges are "among the highest in ...


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