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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Swimming
Hagino earns 200 IM silver; Terakawa nabs backstroke bronze
Kosuke Hagino won a second silver medal at the FINA World Swimming Championships on Thursday, becoming the first Japanese to make the podium in the men’s 200-meter individual medley in major international competition, including the Olympic Games. The 18-year-old Hagino, who snared Japan’s first medal of the championships on Sunday ...
Swimming
Seto third in 200 IM at World Cup
World individual medley champion Daiya Seto came in third in the 200-meter IM but failed to qualify for the final ...
Swimming
Seto wins 400 IM at World Cup meet in Berlin
Newly crowned world champion Daiya Seto won the men’s 400-meter individual medley Saturday at a short course World Cup meet ...
Swimming Aug 9, 2013
Seto places fourth in 200 IM at World Cup meet
Daiya Seto missed out on a golden double as he finished fourth in the men’s 200-meter individual medley on the final day of a short-course World Cup swim meet on Thursday. The 19-year-old Seto, who captured Japan’s only gold medal of the just-concluded world ...
Swimming May 30, 2013
Swimmers Hagino, Yamaguchi draw positives from below-par performances
by Kaz Nagatsuka
Even in a post-Olympic year, the spotlight is still there on the swimming pool. Teenage phenoms Kosuke Hagino and Akihiro Yamaguchi are Japan’s latest stars in swimming, and are expected to lead “Tobiuo Japan” for years to come. Both received a lot of attention ...
Swimming May 25, 2013
Kitajima claims victory in 100-meter breaststroke at Japan Open
Former two-time double gold medal Olympic champion Kosuke Kitajima powered to victory in the men’s 100-meter breaststroke on the first day of action Friday at the Japan Open. Kitajima, who captured a pair of golds at the 2004 Athens Olympics and 2008 Beijing Games, ...
Swimming Apr 16, 2013
Teenage swimmer Hagino named to world championships squad for first time
Record-breaking swimmer Kosuke Hagino was among 31 named to the Japan national team for this summer’s world championships in Barcelona on Monday. The 18-year-old Hagino, who held off Michael Phelps for a bronze in the 400-meter individual medley at last year’s London Olympics, won ...
Swimming Apr 15, 2013
Irie denies Hagino's bid for six titles in Japan nationals
London Olympic silver medalist Ryosuke Irie stops Kosuke Hagino's bid of winning six titles in the men's 200-meter breaststroke in Japan's national swimming championships on Sunday.
Swimming Apr 14, 2013
Swimmer Hagino captures record fifth title at nationals
Kosuke Hagino made Japanese swimming history on Saturday when he became the first swimmer to win five titles at the national championships. Hagino powered to victory in the 200-meter individual medley in a Japanese record time of 1 minute, 55.74 seconds on the third ...
Swimming Apr 13, 2013
Hagino outduels Irie for 100-meter backstroke national title
Kosuke Hagino defeated London Olympic bronze medalist Ryosuke Irie in the men’s 100 meters backstroke on Friday to capture his third title at the national swimming championships, a qualifier for this summer’s world championships in Barcelona. The 18-year-old Hagino surpassed the qualifying standard with ...
Swimming Feb 4, 2013
Kitajima to swim for at least one more season
Former two-time double Olympic breaststroke champion Kosuke Kitajima will not retire any time soon, saying Monday that he will continue to compete for at least another season. “I want to enjoy swimming this year,” said the 30-year-old Kitajima, who did not win an individual ...
Swimming Dec 31, 2012
McCardel to attempt record swim
An Australian open-water distance swimmer who has made multiple crossings of the English Channel on Sunday announced an ambitious bid to swim solo from Cuba to the United States without a shark cage. Chloe McCardel, 27, has twice won the Channel Swimming Association’s Sotiraki ...
Swimming Dec 16, 2012
Seto grabs 200 IM silver at worlds
Daiya Seto placed second in the men’s 200-meter individual medley Friday to capture his second medal at the short-course FINA Swimming World Championships. The 18-year-old Seto was a distant second to American Ryan Lochte, who broke his own world record with a lung-busting time ...
Swimming Dec 15, 2012
Seto wins gold at short-course worlds
Japanese teen Daiya Seto rewrote his own record Thursday en route to winning the men’s 400-meter individual medley on the second day of the short-course FINA World Swimming Championships. Eighteen-year-old Seto shaved 0.87 second off his previous mark to take the gold medal in ...
Swimming Nov 4, 2012
Olympic star Ye triumphs in 200 IM
Ye Shiwen, China’s teenage swimming sensation, stormed to victory in the 200-meter individual medley despite claiming to be 85 percent fit at Beijing’s short-course World Cup meet on Friday. The 16-year-old who stunned the sporting world with two gold medals in the women’s 200 ...