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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 ...
Alex Ovechkin said he is thrilled to kick off Russia’s Olympic torch relay for the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi — a mammoth effort covering the country’s nine time zones that will include a trip to outer space. “I’m going to be probably smiling all the time and I’m going ...
Using the sun’s rays, the Olympic flame lighting for the Winter Games in Sochi went off without a hitch in ...
Fresh from winning her 11th consecutive 55-kg title at the world wrestling championships in Budapest, Olympic champion Saori Yoshida reiterated ...
Yukiko Ueno, who won the last Olympic gold medal in softball as Japan’s ace pitcher at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, expressed her disappointment on Monday with the International Olympic Committee’s vote to exclude the sport from the Olympic program. Softball and baseball had fielded ...
The bloody Syrian civil war cost Istanbul votes over Tokyo to host the world’s biggest sporting event in 2020, two influential International Olympic Committee members said. Istanbul — which had been trying to bring the Olympic Games for the first time to a predominantly ...
Details of the six men bidding to replace outgoing International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge in vote by fellow IOC members on Tuesday: Thomas Bach — Germany Perceived for years as the man most likely to succeed Rogge, and still the favorite. The Olympics ...
Wrestling, which was dropped from the Olympics list of core sports in February, regained its spot Sunday, beating out a combined baseball-softball bid and squash for inclusion in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the newly elected host city. Wrestling was the last to make a ...
A groan went out in the old city of Istanbul where hundreds of hopeful Turks heard the announcement Saturday that Tokyo had been chosen to host the 2020 Olympics.
Tens of thousands of Spaniards were devastated after Madrid lost its bid to host the 2020 Olympics on Saturday amid fears about the country’s economy and unemployment rate. It was the third straight time the capital failed in attempts to win the Summer Games. ...
Wrestling, which was dropped from the Olympics list of core sports in February, is all but guaranteed to regain its spot in the 2020 Summer Games, IOC sources said Saturday. Wrestling is competing against a combined baseball-softball bid and squash but is certain to ...
Whenever it rolls around, the Olympic bid story will travel to the front pages of the world's media. Here are a few highlights from the rivers of keystrokes given to the topic of the 2020 Olympic host.
Billy Mills’ rise to prominence began nearly 50 years ago. Now, as he looks back on his highly successful career as a distance runner, author, humanitarian and motivational speaker, he reflects on how significant a role the 1964 Tokyo Olympics played in his life. ...
It’s been more than 50 years since Tokyo was awarded the 1964 Summer Olympics, and it was done before several landmark events that shaped the second half of the 20th century. Consider the following: ■ The IOC’s decision on May 26, 1959, occurred in ...
The much-anticipated IOC 2020 Evaluation Commission Report, which was made public on Tuesday, shines the spotlight on the strengths and weaknesses of the three candidate cities. Tokyo, Madrid and Istanbul now have a little more than two months to find ways to increase support ...
There are no definitive guidelines in place, no simple slogans summarizing how individuals and groups should support or oppose an Olympic bid. Of course, it’s up to them. Longtime Japan resident Jeff McNeill and his son, Mark, possess the enthusiasm that many within Japan’s ...