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Foreign Pride fighters vs. Japanese taxes
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Several foreign mixed martial artists unknowingly failed to pay Japanese taxes, reports the Asahi: They may have had no problems grabbing opponents’ necks, locking legs in submission holds or pinning rivals’ backs to the mat. But a number of top foreign fighters in the former Pride mixed martial arts battles could not grasp Japan’s complicated tax rules. The Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau examined the earnings of nearly 10 fighters and found at least five of them failed to pay a combined 20 million yen ($192,000) in consumption tax on their winnings between 2004 and 2006 , sources said Thursday.
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