(JAPANTODAY)
In the Japanese government’s attempts to revitalise the economy, political leaders have been taking great pains to attract foreign investment. Efforts have included rewriting regulations and liberalising government practices that were clogging the business environment.
日本経済を活性化するため、日本政府は外国人投資家の誘致を行おうという目論みだが苦労している。それを成し遂げるためには、規制緩和と行き詰ったビジネス環境を打破できるだけの自由化が必要なのだ。
At the same time, a gap in the tax law allowed rich taxpayers who left Japan to take up residence in lower-tax locations and take substantial capital gains with them, to avoid being taxed on their gains.
同時に、外国人投資家が投資によって得た利益に課税されるのを嫌がって、課税率の低い国へ移住されてしまうのを避ける狙いがあるのだ。
