The World - News from March 2, 1987

An estimated 35,000 people marched through Tokyo to protest a proposed sales tax in an unusual display of opposition to government, police said. No incidents were reported in the downtown rally nor in dozens of other anti-tax demonstrations organized by opposition political parties, labor unions and consumer groups around the country. The proposal to levy a 5% sales tax on most goods and services is part of a larger tax reform package unveiled by Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone in January.