Japanese Consumers Prepare For Tax Hike

FUKUOKA, JAPAN - MARCH 31: A taxi driver changes the minimum price from 550 Japanese yen to 570 yen as the new 8 percent consumption tax launch at a supermarket on March 31, 2014 in Fukuoka, Japan. Companies in Japan devised new business strategies while others displayed confusion and fear on April 1, when the consumption tax rate jumped from 5 percent to 8 percent. (Photo by The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)