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MHLW Calls for Maintenance of Current R&D Tax Credit Limit
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) on August 26 called for making permanent the current tax deduction ceiling for Japan’s special R&D tax credit system, which is set to expire at the end of FY2014, to invigorate R&D…
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