Phan Thị Thanh Tam, the current Spouse of the President of Vietnam, tried her hand at painting Hakata dolls during a cultural exchange in Fukuoka City on Thursday.
Furusato nozei (a hometown tax-deductible donation system that started in 2008), is often used by Japanese taxpayers. In return for paying their income or residential tax to their home towns, they can receive gifts, mainly local specialities, from municipal beneficiaries. It is also deductible from one’s annual tax bill, so…