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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 Noriyuki Suzuki's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
Delivering his message to a global audience at the United Nations last week, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe outlined his vision of Japan as a pacifist nation willing to engage more actively in international security. Abe told the annual U.N. General Assembly in New York ...
YAMAMOTO, Miyagi Pref. — Quake survivors in a remote Miyagi Prefecture town are faced with a problem not encountered by the survivors of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake — a shortage of gasoline, a commodity essential for daily life in rural areas. A resident ...
If history is any guide, the stock market may perform solidly in 2011, the Year of the Rabbit according to the Chinese lunar calendar, with the dollar gaining against the yen as the U.S. economy moves toward recovery. The 225-issue Nikkei stock index will ...
ASHIKAGA, Tochigi Pref. — Itoko Nishimaki felt something was wrong when she learned that a kindergarten bus driver like herself once admitted, and then denied, that he had kidnapped and killed a 4-year-old girl. That feeling stayed with her and became the driving force ...
Sitting on a temporary stage against the backdrop of a wall painting of Mount Fuji, American musician Jim O’Rourke is playing his guitar and singing softly. It is early December, and his audience of men and women, mostly in their 20s and 30s, is ...
Foreign journalists in Japan are closely following Sunday’s general election and are ready to cover the expected end of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s long grip on power. “This election is interesting because there is a possibility of a big change in Japan,” said ...
European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet indicated that the global economic deterioration shows signs of halting and recovery may occur in 2010, repeating that decisions on another interest rate cut and unconventional measures would come in May. “In a number of economies, including in ...
Facing a major influx of foreign nationals, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government will subsidize projects by nonprofit organizations supporting foreign residents in an effort to become more international and provide a comfortable living environment for minorities. “This is the first time the Tokyo Metropolitan Government ...