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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 ...
Fresh moose tracks dot the ground where plans are afoot to dig for oil. Quebec’s largest energy firm, Petrolia, is eyeing an estimated 40 billion barrels of oil beneath the surface of Anticosti Island, an ecological gem at the mouth of St. Lawrence River. ...
The Nikkei average tumbled to the lowest closing level in more than three weeks Wednesday, pressured by the yen’s rise and futures-led selling amid uncertainty over the U.S. fiscal deadlock. The Nikkei 225 closed down 314.23 points, or 2.17 percent, at 14,170.49, the lowest ...
This might seem a bizarre place for a battle over energy policy in Britain. A quaint village with a single pub, a well-attended tea room and a population of about 2,000, Balcombe has become the focal point of a heated debate over hydraulic fracturing, ...
Investors stayed calm on the first day of a partial shutdown of the U.S. government Tuesday and sent the stock market modestly higher. A long-running dispute in Washington over President Barack Obama’s health care law caused a deadlock over the U.S. budget, forcing about ...
The U.S. and Canada are the only countries so far to produce shale oil and gas in commercial quantities, but other countries are opening up to exploration, leaving resisting nations isolated. Starting exploration Poland is one of the leaders in Europe on shale gas. ...
Billionaire casino mogul Sheldon Adelson has lost a defamation lawsuit against the National Jewish Democratic Council. Adelson asked for $60 million in damages, arguing the council libeled him by saying his political contributions were sullied by links to prostitution. On Monday, a federal judge ...
The New York City Opera said Tuesday it would close and file for bankruptcy after 70 years, having failed to secure desperately needed millions through an emergency fundraising appeal. The second opera company in the city considered the cultural capital of the U.S. opened ...
Mortgage finance giant Freddie Mac said Tuesday that three of the country’s largest banks — Wells Fargo, Citigroup and SunTrust Banks — had agreed to pay a total of $1.3 billion to resolve claims on millions of home loans that have soured or may ...
A consortium led by Australian billionaire James Packer and U.S. director Brett Ratner has struck a reported $450 million co-financing deal with Warner Bros. Entertainment to cover the production of 75 movies. Casino mogul Packer said the multiyear arrangement with his investment vehicle, RatPac-Dune ...
Shinzo Abe's future as prime minister may well depend on how well the ¥5 trillion stimulus package cushions the economy from the tax-hike blow.
In what figured to be the final push for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to go ahead with raising the consumption tax to 8 percent in April, the Bank of Japan's "tankan" report shows a sharp increase in business sentiment among manufacturers.
The government revises accounting rules for utilities to prevent their business from deteriorating abruptly if they decommission nuclear reactors earlier than planned.