Passengers crowd onto a platform at JR Tokyo Station in Tokyo on Thursday morning.

A new tax panel, created under the administration of Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, held its first meeting Thursday to discuss the possibility of implementing policies pledged by his Democratic Party of Japan's manifesto in the recent House of Representatives election.  (Oct.9) [More...]

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