Economy | ANALYSIS
Households to take hit from tax hike
by Tomoko Otake
The consumption tax increase will hit every household in Japan hard, with many people’s financial future hanging on whether their wages rise enough to offset the hike's impact.
Ed Vulliamy
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Crime Sep 6, 2013
Meet the journalist who calls Mexico's drug war 'a big lie'
During January 2011, Anabel Hernandez’s extended family held a party at a favorite cafe in the north of Mexico City. The gathering was to celebrate the birthday of Anabel’s niece. As one of the country’s leading journalists who rarely allows herself time off, she ...
Global-related Aug 21, 2013
Capitalism is destroying southern European life
The popular civilizations of Greece, France, Spain and Portugal appear endangered, because of a pincer movement by tourism and the north's economic doctrines.
Review Mar 17, 2013
History of British intelligence
"Empire of Secrets" is, as Calder Walton himself writes, "the first book devoted to British intelligence during the twilight of empire that has been based on declassified intelligence reports."