Aeon Co. Employees Change Price Signs Ahead Of Sales Tax Hike [Getty Images]

An employee places a new price sign on bottles of coffee ahead of consumption tax hike at an Aeon Co. supermarket in Chiba, Japan, on Monday, March 31, 2014. The country's consumption tax is being raised tomorrow for the first time since 1997 to 8 percent from 5 percent. Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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