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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 ...
For Hiroshi Hiyama's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
With melons that sell for the price of a new car — admittedly a small one — and grapes that go for more than ¥10,000 a pop, Japan has long been a country where a perfectly formed piece of fruit can fetch a fortune. ...
Japanese firms have spent record amounts scooping up assets in Southeast Asia this year, part of a trend that has seen Tokyo moving to boost its presence in the fast-growing region and away from China. As Prime Minister Shinzo Abe departed Thursday for a ...
Iwao Hakamada worked at a miso processing company in Shizuoka Prefecture when he was arrested and later sentenced to death for the grisly murder of his boss, Fujio Hashimoto, as well as Hashimoto’s wife and their two children. Hakamada was 30 years old. The ...
Japan’s budget airlines have flown into turbulence, with AirAsia’s local carrier in danger of being grounded. But analysts say the popularity of discount flying should keep the fledgling sector in the sky. Earlier this month, Malaysia-based AirAsia warned it might pull the plug on ...
Tears roll down Heitaro Matsumoto’s face as the 72-year-old businessman talks of an uncle who died on Guam as a Japanese soldier in the hopeless final weeks of World War II. The remains of Goro Matsumoto, in his mid-20s at the time of his ...
The Institute of Cetacean Research can be found in a nondescript white brick office building in Tokyo’s port district. Down a hallway and through an unmarked door is a small lobby with a model ship, a poster showing various whale species, and a sign ...
The stock market is roaring, the yen has plunged and the government is jumping into a string of long-delayed trade talks, prompting some to ask a question not heard in years: is Japan back? Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, basking in approval ratings topping 70 ...
The deadly Sasago Tunnel collapse Dec. 2 in Yamanashi Prefecture should serve as a wake-up call for developed nations whose aging infrastructure is in dire need of updating, experts say. Trillions of dollars need to be spent around the globe just to maintain current ...
The soaring popularity of smartphones is crushing demand for point-and-shoot cameras, a once-vibrant sector that is scrambling to stay alive with Web-friendly features and higher quality, analysts say. A sharp drop in sales is marking digital compact cameras as the latest casualty of the ...