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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 ...
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 in baseball to become something more ...
Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington acknowledged Tuesday that right-hander Yu Darvish had physical issues late in the season, but would ...
New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said Tuesday the club has interest in keeping veteran right-hander Hiroki Kuroda. Cashman, ...
David Price, Evan Longoria and the Tampa Bay Rays are going to the playoffs again, getting there with a victory in their final regular-season contest for the second time in three years. They needed an extra game this time. Price threw his fourth complete ...
The Chicago Cubs fired manager Dale Sveum on Monday after finishing last in the NL Central for the first time in seven years, ending a two-year run that produced more losses than any other stretch in the team’s cursed history. Chicago went 61-101 in ...
The grievance to overturn Alex Rodriguez’s 211-game suspension began Monday before arbitrator Fredric Horowitz. The New York Yankees third baseman was wearing a business suit and accompanied by lawyers when he arrived for the session at Major League Baseball’s headquarters in midtown Manhattan. Rodriguez ...
With the bases loaded, two outs and the score 0-0 in the bottom of the ninth, Henderson Alvarez stood in the Miami Marlins’ on-deck circle, bat in hand, hoping to complete his no-hitter. Alvarez had blanked the Detroit Tigers for nine innings — and ...
Mariano Rivera thanked the fans in Houston — just as he’s done in every other city that honored the retiring New York Yankees closer this year. Then he threw in something a little different Sunday: an apology. Rivera was honest about why he skipped ...
The Texas Rangers had to keep winning to keep playing. After seven wins in a row, they have to do it one more time to get into the playoffs. Craig Gentry had a key two-run single, Geovany Soto had a tiebreaking RBI double and ...
The playoff scenario for the Cleveland Indians is simple: win Sunday and they are in. The Indians moved into sole possession of the AL wild-card lead on the next-to-last scheduled day of the regular season, beating the Minnesota Twins 5-1 Saturday behind Scott Kazmir’s ...
Andy Pettitte completed his career in a most fitting fashion. The 41-year-old left-hander pitched a five-hitter for his first complete game since 2006, leading the New York Yankees over his hometown Houston Astros 2-1 Saturday. “It couldn’t end any better,” Pettitte said, trying to ...
Lance Lynn was one of the more enthusiastic participants as the St. Louis Cardinals sprayed champagne, showing a wide smile he could not contain. “It’s a good feeling,” Lynn said after the Cardinals clinched their first NL Central title in four seasons with a ...
If he had to do it all over again, Brian Sabean insists he would sign Barry Zito to that highly scrutinized $126 million, seven-year contract. “As crazy as this sounds, it might to you folks, if I had to do it over again, I ...
Seattle manager Eric Wedge has told the Mariners he will not return for next season. The Mariners said on Friday that Wedge will manage the final three games of the season against Oakland. “I accept Eric’s decision not to return and thank him for ...
As the cheers and chants for a sobbing Mariano Rivera shook Yankee Stadium, his long-time teammate Derek Jeter walked to the pitcher’s mound and delivered the message no one really wanted to hear. “It’s time to go,” the Yankees captain appeared to tell his ...