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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 Matt Alt's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
My name is Matt, and I have a problem: I’m a grown man who thinks way too much about giant robots. Actually, I’m just kidding — it isn’t a problem at all. Japanese robots literally changed the course of my life. Without robot anime, ...
Now that the tsuyu (梅雨, rainy season) has ended and the dreaded heat has descended upon the city, most of us have taken refuge indoors, camped out in front of the eakon (エアコン, air-conditioning) in a desperate attempt to wick away some of summer’s ...
Good news for monster fans: Not one, not two, but three separate tokusatsu exhibitions are stomping their way through downtown Tokyo as you read these words. While you may never have heard the word “tokusatsu,” you are likely familiar with what it is. A ...
Tokyo is a city of many things, but “nature”? Not exactly a word that most associate with the metropolis. When it comes to the city’s animal life, most Tokyoites think meiwaku dōbutsu (迷惑動物, pests) rather than yasei-dōbutsu (野生動物, wildlife), associating animal encounters with mischievous ...
Urameshiyā! (うらめしやぁ！) Oops! Didn’t notice you there. Don’t mind me. I was just practicing my Japanese ghost-call. “Urameshiyā!” is pretty much the standard opening line for any self-respecting Japanese ghost. It’s nonetheless a word that is peculiarly tough to translate, but in a nutshell ...