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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 ...
Prince hotel beer garden in Shiba Park The Tokyo Prince Hotel’s open-air Beer Restaurant Garden Islands is open through Sept. 27. The beer garden in Shiba Park has 600 seats and offers a barbecue with draft beer and other drinks in a lush green ...
Gatsby-inspired cocktail at Swissôtel Timed with the release of the film “The Great Gatsby” in Japan, the Swissôtel Nankai Osaka is offering a special cocktail, through July 14. The hotel is Japan’s only member of the Fairmont Raffles Hotels International group, whose affiliate The ...
Tokyo Skytree’s Sky Restaurant 634 One of the capital’s newest landmarks, the 634-meter-tall Tokyo Skytree marked its first anniversary in May. Within the world’s tallest broadcasting tower is the Sky Restaurant 634 (musashi) on the Tembo Deck, 345 meters above ground level. With one ...
Japanese afternoon tea at Peninsula In line with the hotel’s theme “Enriching Your Life,” the Peninsula Tokyo is holding special promotions relating to food and culture at each of its restaurants, through August. For example, at its continental dining space The Lobby, a special ...
Eat your veggies for dessert in buffet The InterContinental Yokohama Grand is collaborating with Toryu, a finalist in the buffet connoisseur competition on the TV show “TV Champion,” to offer a new buffet at the hotel’s lounge, Marine Blue, through June 27. The first ...
Holiday brunch with a view in Tokyo The MIXX Bar & Lounge on the 36th floor of the ANA InterContinental Tokyo has been offering holiday brunch buffets since January. The MIXX Sky View Buffet Brunch features live cooking, a carving station and a sushi ...
Stay in Hakone, get a free tour by taxi The Odakyu Hotel Hatsuhana in Hakone Okuyumoto, Kanagawa Prefecture, is celebrating its 20th anniversary and offering a special accommodation plan with a free three-hour sightseeing tour by taxi, through Sept. 30. As the weather warms ...
InterContinental Tokyo Bay renewal The InterContinental Tokyo Bay Hotel in the waterfront area of the capital has renovated its executive levels, from the 18th to 24th floors, and opened these new rooms in April to offer more exclusive services to its customers. The rooms ...
Luxury French courses for spring The Hotel New Otani Tokyo’s luxurious French restaurant, La Tour d’Argent, will offer special springtime courses from April 24 to May 28. The courses feature spring foods on the theme of the goddess of flowers, Flora (Flore in French), ...
In celebration of the first anniversary of one of the Grand Pacific Le Daiba hotel’s most outstanding and popular rooms, called Project Room-G, and accommodating requests from Gundam enthusiasts, the Tokyo hotel will continue to offer the special rooms while also adding a new ...
Handmade pasta fair at Shangri-La The Shangri-La Hotel, Tokyo is holding a special dinner fair, offering a course called Pasta e Pasta that features handmade, fresh pasta at its Italian restaurant, Piacere, on the 28th floor, through April 14. The restaurant’s pasta is kneaded ...
Rakugo and Spanish wine event Spain Club Ginza, one of the biggest Spanish product promotion stores in Japan, celebrates the coming of spring with a special dinner featuring rakugo (Japanese sit-down comedy) and wine tasting at its restaurant on April 6. Spain Club Ginza, ...