In Photos: Japan adapts to sales tax increase

A worker updates a fare chart at JR Shinjuku Station in Tokyo after the last train in the early hours of Oct. 1, 2019, in accordance with the consumption tax hike from 8% to 10%. (Mainichi/Shinnosuke Kyan)

A worker updates a fare chart at JR Shinjuku Station in Tokyo after the last train in the early hours of Oct. 1, 2019, in accordance with the consumption tax hike from 8% to 10%. (Mainichi/Shinnosuke Kyan)

A worker updates a fare chart at JR Shinjuku Station in Tokyo after the last train in the early hours of Oct. 1, 2019, in accordance with the consumption tax hike from 8% to 10%. (Mainichi/Shinnosuke Kyan)

An employee shows a price tag that reflects the new 10% consumption tax, top, and an old one for 8% at an outlet of the major convenience store chain Lawson in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward just after the consumption tax increase came into effect on Oct. 1, 2019. (Mainichi/Naotsune Umemura)

A receipt for items including food, to which the reduced consumption tax rate of 8% is applied, is seen at an outlet of the major convenience store chain Lawson in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward just after the tax hike to 10% came into effect on Oct. 1, 2019. (Mainichi/Naotsune Umemura)

An employee places a sticker informing shoppers of a 2% time-limited reduction in the consumption tax rate for cashless payments at an outlet of the major convenience store chain Lawson in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward just after the tax increase to 10% came into effect on Oct. 1, 2019. (Mainichi/Naotsune Umemura)

A worker is seen applying a sticker on a taxi window showing the new base fare, in Fukuoka's Jonan Ward, just after the consumption tax increase came into effect on Oct. 1, 2019. (Mainichi/Tomohisa Yazu)

An employee is seen changing price tags on goods after closing time at the Fukuoka Tenjin outlet of the Daimaru department store in Fukuoka's Chuo Ward on Sept. 30, 2019, the day before the consumption tax increase from 8% to 10% came into effect. (Mainichi/Tomohisa Yazu)

Workers update a fare chart reflecting the consumption tax hike from 8% to 10%, at the Hankyu Line's Osaka-umeda Station, after the last train departed in the early hours of Oct. 1, 2019. (Mainichi/Kenji Ikai)

An employee changes price signs for alcohol at the Kintetsu Department Store Main Store Abeno Harukas on Sept. 30, 2019, the day before the consumption tax increase from 8% to 10% came into effect. (Mainichi/Kenji Konoha)

A man uses a smartphone to make an electronic payment, which is eligible for a reduction in the consumption tax rate, at a cafe in Ichinomiya, Aichi Prefecture, on Oct. 1, 2019. (Mainichi/Koji Hyodo)

People form a long line in front of a ticket office at JR Shinjuku Station in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo, on Sept. 30, 2019, to purchase their commuting passes before the consumption tax hike took effect the next day. (Mainichi/Daiki Takikawa)