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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Japan-related Aug 14, 2013
It's time Japan acted to end the war over Yasukuni Shrine
by Jeffrey Kingston
he only thing that Japan's modern reactionaries regret about World War II is defeat. Cabinet ministers show support for this idea when they visit Yasukuni Shrine.
Japan-related Aug 14, 2013
Fukushima replaces economy as Abe's legacy issue
by William Pesek
orget the economy and attempts to rewrite the Constitution. History will judge Shinzo Abe on what he did, or didn't do, to end the worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl.
Japan-related | SENTAKU MAGAZINE Aug 12, 2013
No fluffing up China's slump
The rest of the world has came to know about the start of an economic slump in China from none other than President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Li Keqiang.
Japan-related Aug 7, 2013
Gaffe-prone leaders are doing Japan no favors
by Hugh Cortazzi
It is in Japan's long-term interest for its politicians to avoid remarks that could exacerbate ill will toward Japan and thus detract from its goal of economic revival.
Japan-related Aug 6, 2013
Japan's security dilemma
by Brahma Chellaney
Chinese military planners have probably calculated that the U.S. is unlikely to threaten to devastate China in a Sino-Japanese conflict confined to the East China Sea.
Japan-related Aug 6, 2013
'Abenomics' stirring optimism in Southeast Asia
by Simon Tay
Even if Abenomics succeeds, there is no return to the days when Japanese invested in ASEAN for cheap land and labor, and dominated the region with little competition.
Japan-related Jul 31, 2013
Obama, end the 'Abe passing'
by Vance Serchuk
Rather than welcoming the rise of a capable, pro-American partner in Japan, Obama's White House is perceived as being ambivalent toward the Abe administration.
Japan-related Jul 30, 2013
It's time for conservatives of Japan to get over the war
by Shaun O'dwyer
If conservatives renounced revisionist nationalism in favor of their inherited democracy, many outside of Japan could live with a more powerfully armed Japan.
Japan-related Jul 29, 2013
Japan could soften U.S. cuts
by Hisahiko Okazaki
Settling Japan's right to a "collective self-defense" is destined to become of vital interest to the United States as it carries out mandatory defense budget cuts.
Japan-related | SENTAKU MAGAZINE Jul 28, 2013
Farmers can't bank on Abe
Japan's farmers must scrutinize what Shinzo Abe says so as not to be deceived by him again. The prime minister has never promised to protect their future.
Japan-related Jul 28, 2013
Fukushima: evolving fear into fact
by David Roberts and Ted Lazo
Misinformation and flawed reporting about Fukushima radiation levels and reactor stability persisted even when scientific data had become readily available.
Japan-related | THE VIEW FROM NEW YORK Jul 28, 2013
Where to go to survive the day? the corbies say
by Hiroaki Sato
The word from a longtime Tokyo resident is that the jungle crow population, the bane of garbage piles, is finally in decline. Not everyone is happy about that.