Japan's Kyoto to raise lodging tax ceiling

TOKYO, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- Kyoto City in western Japan unveiled a plan to raise the ceiling of its lodging tax for people staying at hotels and other accommodations to 10,000 yen (about 64 U.S. dollars) per person per night from the current 1,000 yen, according to the municipal government.

Under the planned system, guests will pay 200 yen per person per night for rooms costing less than 6,000 yen, 400 yen for fe