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Households to take hit from tax hike

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.

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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe confirms that the government will raise the sales tax from 5 to 8 percent beginning in April. But will the tax hike lead to an economic downturn

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A welcome sign: Tantrums may be on the way out

Lifestyle | CHILD'S PLAY

A welcome sign: Tantrums may be on the way out

by Danielle Demetriou

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).

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Triumph of Tokyo Olympic bid sends wrong signal to Japan's resurgent right

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Triumph of Tokyo Olympic bid sends wrong signal to Japan's resurgent right

by Debito Arudou

International events undermine Japan's democracy. Shame on the International Olympic Committee for being a party to it.

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Kohfukuji Temple: under divine protection

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Kohfukuji Temple: under divine protection

by C.B. Liddell

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.

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Pirates roar past Reds

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Pirates roar past Reds

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 ...

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Media | DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN Aug 31, 2013

Japan's nuclear comedy just goes on and on

by Jake Adelstein

What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun. — Ecclesiastes 1:9 These words are said to have been penned by King Solomon around 3,000 years ago. Perhaps they were an augury ...

Media | DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN Aug 3, 2013

Is new yakuza journal good news for Japan?

by Jake Adelstein

If you’re a well-connected Japanese gangster, you now have your own newspaper to keep you abreast of underworld life. Another perk of the job. Japan’s yakuza are a different lot. They have office buildings, business cards, fanzines, tight control over the entertainment industry — ...

Equal-opportunity infidelity comes to Japan

Media | DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN Jul 6, 2013

Equal-opportunity infidelity comes to Japan

by Jake Adelstein

As a Japanese saying puts it: Suezen kuwanu wa otoko no haji (It is shame for a man not to eat a feast placed before him). In other words, any real Japanese man would never turn down a sexual offer from an attractive female ...

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Media | DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN Jun 2, 2013

Sex gaffes and the voluble Osaka shyster

by Jake Adelstein

If the Japan Restoration Party — headed by Toru Hashimoto, the mayor of Osaka, and former Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara — needs a new political slogan, the proverb Kuchi ga wazawai no moto (The mouth is the source of great trouble) would do nicely.

Media | DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN May 5, 2013

Yakuza links put nation at added nuclear risk

by Jake Adelstein

On April 15, two alleged terrorists in Boston killed three people, injured more than 170 others and terrified a nation — for about $100 it cost them to modify pressure cookers into bombs. We should be glad they didn’t come to Japan, where they ...

Media | DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN Apr 7, 2013

What's with the police purge on dance clubs?

by Jake Adelstein

If you’re ever minded to dance the night away to trance music, or even old-fashioned rock, you may have a tough time finding a venue in Japan these days. In fact, you may end up waltzing away hours inside a police station, peeing into ...

Media | DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN Mar 3, 2013

Say goodbye to the Buddha of the yakuza

by Jake Adelstein

Takahiko Inoue, yakuza boss and Buddhist priest, died Feb. 10 at age 65. The police determined that he fell from the seventh story of the building where his office was located. When the ambulance arrived, Inoue told the crew: “I’m fine. Just take me ...

Media | DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN Feb 3, 2013

Japan's suicide statistics don't tell the real story

by Jake Adelstein

According to the National Police Agency (NPA), Japan’s annual total of suicides dipped below 30,000 people for the first time in 15 years in 2012 — to 27,766. While the fall is great news, part of me wonders: Has there really been a drop ...

Media | DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN Jan 6, 2013

Even gangsters live in fear of Japan's gun laws

by Jake Adelstein

It’s almost impossible to get to a gun in Japan, and selling one or owning one is a serious crime. Fire the gun? Possibly life imprisonment. Gun-control laws are taken so seriously that police will pursue a violator all the way to the grave ...

Media | DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN Dec 2, 2012

Japan's 'life-less' anti-stalking laws are costing lives to be lost

by Jake Adelstein

“To build a Buddha image but not to put in the soul (仏作って魂入れず/ Hotoke tsukutte tamashii irezu)” is a well-known saying stemming from a folk belief that statues of Buddhist deities are meant to have a spiritual presence. In other words, it’s a metaphor ...

Media | DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN Nov 4, 2012

Angry mobster looms large over politicians

by Jake Adelstein

In Japan these days, the political world seems to be mirroring “Beat” Takeshi Kitano’s latest yakuza film, “Outrage Beyond,” which depicts Japan’s ruling party as being well and truly in bed with the mob. If you’ve been paying attention to the news lately, that ...

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