There is a crucial nuance and a positive change for Japanese tax payer abiding to their laws and willing to hold bitcoin: If enacted, Japan would move from taxing realized gains in yen to a better category from: “crypto = highly taxed miscellaneous income (up to 55%)” to: “crypto = financial asset with ~20% capital-markets-style taxation” The law will make it more attractive for average Japanese to hold or use bitcoin. First think then shout !