New ticket fares are displayed on a board at a subway station in Tokyo, Japan, on Tuesday, April 1, 2014. Japan's economy will probably withstand a sales tax increase that takes effect today as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe prepares economic stimulus measures and companies raise wages, the country's new bank lobby chief Nobuyuki Hirano said. Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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Passengers purchase train tickets under a board displaying new ticket fares at a railway station in Tokyo, Japan, on Tuesday, April 1, 2014. Japan's economy will probably withstand a sales tax increase that takes effect today as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe prepares economic stimulus measures and companies raise wages, the country's new bank lobby chief Nobuyuki Hirano said. Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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