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.
Elizabeth Chang
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Offbeat Sep 10, 2013
Volleyball as you've never seen it: Chinese '9-man'
My 15-year-old daughter had a warning for me. “You know, Mom,” she said, “you’ll probably be the only white person there.” It was July 2012, and we were headed to our first “Chinese volleyball” tournament, in New York City. I didn’t know what to ...