National Tax Agency Classifies Dieting as 'Asset Concealment': Gym Users Face Mass Tax Evasion Raids
"Body fat is the nation's strategic energy reserve." Under the new law, weight loss is now considered intentional asset disposal (tax evasion). Late-night jogging is monitored as "shadow incineration," and saunas are flagged as "illegal depletion operations." Today, a major fitness club in Tokyo was raided as a "large-scale tax evasion guidance facility," and protein users were detained on suspicion of evidence destruction.