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Govt to Erase Reference Pricing from Honebuto Policy, though Proposal Still Alive
The Japanese government will delete a proposal calling for the possible introduction of a reference pricing system for long-listed products (LLPs) from the text of its 2017 Basic Policy on Economic and Fiscal Management and Reform, dubbed honebuto, which is…
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