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The consumption tax increase next April will hit every household in Japan hard, with many people's financial future hanging on whether their wages rise enough to offset the impact of the hike, experts say.
Every parent is all too familiar with The Tantrum. The screaming, the flailing arms, the angry head butting — and the timing (normally in the most inconvenient public place possible).
International events undermine Japan's democracy. Shame on the International Olympic Committee for being a party to it.
Tucked away behind the main museums in Ueno, the Tokyo University Art Museum may not be on most people’s radar, but it is definitely one of the city’s top museums in terms of curatorial quality. Whenever I go there, I am always delighted by ...
Francisco Liriano showed up at PNC Park on Tuesday afternoon in a suit with his suitcase packed for a trip St. Louis. The message reverberated through the Pittsburgh Pirates clubhouse. After 21 years away from the playoffs, it was time for the best story ...
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And then there were 27 — little replicas of the Emperor's Cup atop the yokozuna's mantelpiece that is.
Noted Japanese writer Toyoko Yamasaki, whose novels helped raise public awareness of social issues, died of heart failure Sunday morning. She was 88. Yamasaki, whose real name was Toyoko Sugimoto, had begun writing a serial novel about the Maritime Self-Defense Force for Shukan Shincho ...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday reshuffled his senior vice ministers and parliamentary secretaries by appointing more women, his brother and the son of his flamboyant predecessor to senior government posts. His Cabinet, however, was not affected by the reshuffle. The move follows Abe’s ...
Kyodo Seven & i Holdings Co.’s banking unit Seven Bank said Monday it has acquired the automated teller machine business owned by Global Axcess Corp. of the United Sates for about $11 million (about ¥1.07 billion) to strengthen its ATM business in the country. ...
The end for Lane Kiffin came in the middle of the night at the airport, as his team sped off into the darkness without him. There’s little sentiment left anywhere in college football, but give USC athletic director Pat Haden some credit. At least ...
With the bases loaded, two outs and the score 0-0 in the bottom of the ninth, Henderson Alvarez stood in the Miami Marlins’ on-deck circle, bat in hand, hoping to complete his no-hitter. Alvarez had blanked the Detroit Tigers for nine innings — and ...
Erik Spoelstra has been with the Miami Heat for nearly two decades, and their relationship won’t be ending anytime soon. Spoelstra has signed a multiyear extension to remain as coach of the two-time defending NBA champion Heat, the team said Sunday afternoon. The move ...
Tony Blanco homered twice to drive in five runs, powering the Yokohama BayStars to a 6-3 win over the last-place Tokyo Yakult Swallows on Monday night. Yakult’s Wladimir Balentien extended his Japanese single-season record to 59 homers with a two-out solo blast that gave ...
Mariano Rivera thanked the fans in Houston — just as he’s done in every other city that honored the retiring New York Yankees closer this year. Then he threw in something a little different Sunday: an apology. Rivera was honest about why he skipped ...
J.J. Watt’s face was blood-splattered from a gash on the bridge of his nose which required six stitches. His white pants were splayed with crimson from the same injury. But his mangled nose and filthy uniform weren’t as troubling as the rage Houston’s star ...
The Texas Rangers had to keep winning to keep playing. After seven wins in a row, they have to do it one more time to get into the playoffs. Craig Gentry had a key two-run single, Geovany Soto had a tiebreaking RBI double and ...
After helping Oracle to a memorable victory in the America’s Cup, Ben Ainslie wants to win sailing’s premier event with a British team. The four-time Olympic champion says he will hold talks in the coming days about the possibility of entering a team from ...
Clinching the Pacific League pennant a little early gave the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles a chance to really enjoy the moment. Ace Masahiro Tanaka, 22-0 this season, was on the mound for the last inning of the PL pennant race on Sept. 26 at ...
Using the sun’s rays, the Olympic flame lighting for the Winter Games in Sochi went off without a hitch in southern Greece Sunday, ahead of its journey across Russia’s nine time zones and even a trip to space before the Feb. 7-23 games. The ...
France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga defeated compatriot Gael Monfils 6-3, 7-6 (10-8), in a first-round match at the Japan Open on Monday. Tsonga, ranked eighth in the world, used a strong serve and powerful ground strokes to win a baseline battle with Monfils at Ariake Colosseum ...
Barcelona’s Lionel Messi will be sidelined for two to three weeks with an injury to his right leg, ruling him out of Tuesday’s Champions League match at Celtic and two World Cup qualifiers for Argentina. Barcelona also left injured defenders Carles Puyol, Javier Mascherano ...
The NBA Finals could return to a 2-2-1-1-1 format. The league’s Competition Committee voted unanimously to recommend the change from the current 2-3-2 system and owners will vote on it next month at their meetings. “The idea was raised at the Competition Committee and ...
Ronaldinho has received support from Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff after tests showed he may miss the Club World Cup in December because of injury. Rousseff used her Twitter account to express solidarity with the former two-time world player of the year, who ruptured a ...
Sidney Crosby leaned down to unlace his skates in the locker room after a spirited practice at Army’s Tate Rink, then glanced around and smiled at all the familiar faces. Home away from home for the Pittsburgh Penguins’ superstar. “It’s nice to have everyone ...
The Japan Sumo Association’s Yokozuna Deliberation Council was largely sympathetic with the performance of yokozuna Harumafuji, who finished with a subpar 10-5 mark at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament on Sunday. It was the second consecutive tournament that Harumafuji posted just 10 wins — ...