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.
History | JAPAN TIMES GONE BY Sep 14, 2013
Free rent for cat lovers, Yangtze towns fall, JFK supports South Vietnam, Union sells nuclear power
by Edan Corkill
100 YEARS AGO Thursday, Sept. 11, 1913 Free rent to those with no fear of cats Anyone who is not afraid of cats or knows how to drive away a great plague of feline roughs and toughs is offered the use of a house ...
History | JAPAN TIMES GONE BY Aug 17, 2013
Sumida River swimmers, brides for Manchoukuo, driving chaos, PM's Recruit incident remarks
by Edan Corkill
100 YEARS AGO Wednesday, Aug. 6, 1913 Swimmers cool off in Tokyo’s Sumida River “O Joy! Come in and splash me!” The exhilarating shouts of boys and girls are heard all along the Sumida River, which has been turned into a continuous swimming pool ...
History | JAPAN TIMES GONE BY Jul 20, 2013
Tokyo homeless, Olympics cancelled, medals given for kindness, Mandela's birthday feted
by Edan Corkill
100 YEARS AGO Wednesday, July 23, 1913 Tales of woe abound among Tokyo jobless Summer is generally a good season for employment-seekers of the laboring classes. This summer, however, there are twice as many unemployed men as usual. The Free Lodging House of Honjo, ...
History | JAPAN TIMES GONE BY Jun 16, 2013
Taiwan's last native tribe, carrier-pigeon trumps train, STEP test launched, rock album nixed for anti-nuke lyrics
by Edan Corkill
100 YEARS AGOThursday, June 6, 1913 ‘Terrible campaign’ launched in Taiwan Military operations against the tribes in northeastern Taiwan were commenced at dawn yesterday. The government forces consist of 3,000 men, of the police and native troops. Mr. Uchida, Chief of the Civil Administration, ...
History | JAPAN TIMES GONE BY May 19, 2013
Hibiya Park illuminations, Japan’s first mosque, ‘Vigorous’ Mount Fuji stymies relocation, minister resigns over war-guilt denial
by Edan Corkill
100 YEARS AGO Wednesday, May 14, 1913 Illuminations reap a tidy profit for city Tokyo city has withdrawn the illuminations at Hibiya which it made for the benefit of the admirers of the park’s azaleas. The plan proved very successful, greatly benefitting the city ...
History | JAPAN TIMES GONE BY Apr 21, 2013
Anti-Alien Bill protested, controlling the Western Pacific, Daibutsu climbers arrested, land prices soar
by Edan Corkill
100 YEARS AGO Tuesday, April 8, 1913 Japan protests U.S. state’s ‘anti-aliens’ bill A New York dispatch of April 5 says that, in regard to the bill before the California Legislature prohibiting aliens ineligible for citizenship from owning land and holding a lease, Viscount ...
History | JAPAN TIMES GONE BY Mar 17, 2013
Yokohama conflagration, National Mobilization Bill debated, mines removed, five-day working week achieved
by Edan Corkill
100 YEARS AGOSaturday, March 8, 1913 Yokohama conflagration Another big fire swept through Yokohama early yesterday morning, resulting in the destruction of about 300 houses. It originated on the premises of Magosaku Nishioka in Fukutomi-cho [now part of Naka-ku] about half-past three when it ...
History | JAPAN TIMES GONE BY Feb 17, 2013
Tokyo Station nears completion, Hitler lauds Japan, high-schools surge, Constitution to keep Article 9, PM declares
by Edan Corkill
100 YEARS AGO Sunday, Feb. 2, 1913 Tokyo Central station nears completion The Tokyo Central Railway Station, now under construction at Eiraku-cho, Kojimachi Ward [a now-defunct ward spanning much of present-day Chiyoda Ward], will, when completed next year, make one of the finest structures ...
History | JAPAN TIMES GONE BY Jan 19, 2013
Man survives train fall, redistribution of resources Japan's mission, GSDF adopts local guns, chandelier falls
by Edan Corkill
100 YEARS AGO Wednesday, Jan. 29, 1913 Man survives train fall Tamejiro Kawai, aged 48, a milk-hall keeper in Yamashita-cho, Yokohama, while going by rail from Tokyo to Yokohama a little after midnight Jan. 27, fell between the cars. A by-stander sounded the alarm, ...
History | JAPAN TIMES GONE BY Dec 16, 2012
Coal mine explosion, Nanking falls, economy grows 14 percent, whalers depart despite protests
by Edan Corkill
100 YEARS AGOWednesday, Dec. 25, 1912 Hokkaido mine blast ‘has killed hundreds’ A part of the Mount Yubari coal mine in Hokkaido exploded at 10 a.m. Monday, possibly trapping up to 238 workers. The explosion area covers about (37,000 sq. meters) and yields about ...
History | JAPAN TIMES GONE BY Nov 18, 2012
Democrats win, Italy joins anti-Red pact, Takeshima blocks Japan-ROK accord, Sony buys CBS Records
by Edan Corkill
100 YEARS AGOFriday, Nov. 4, 1912 Great Democratic victory in U.S. Ever since Colonel (Theodore) Roosevelt split the Republican Party, and the Democrats at Baltimore chose Dr. (Woodrow) Wilson for their presidential nominee, it was apparent to all unbiased observers that the Democratic candidate ...
History | JAPAN TIMES GONE BY Oct 21, 2012
The colonial exposition, Japan branded "aggressor nation," Cuban missile crisis, Black Monday stock market crash
by Edan Corkill
100 YEARS AGOThursday, Oct. 3, 1912 Crowds flock to Tokyo Colonial Exposition Despite rainy weather yesterday, the Colonial Exposition at Ueno [in central Tokyo] was visited by an enormous number of people, who thronged in and about the building to enjoy the queer objects. ...