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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 ...
Contrary to what most of the loud media commentary would have us believe, financial "austerity" or fiscal responsibility appears popular. Angela Merkel's success is proof.
Chancellor Angela Merkel's pragmatic and cautious defense of Germany's national interest in the age of globalization may yet instigate an aggressive new nationalism in Europe.
One way to interpret Chancellor Angela Merkel's sweeping victory is that it was what you would expect from an electorate dominated by the well-heeled and the silver-haired.
The victory of Germany's conservative coalition in Sunday's elections was a rousing affirmation of the popularity of a wily chancellor whom Germans have come to call "mummy.
The strong performance by Angela Merkel’s conservatives in Sunday’s German election was not only a victory for her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) but also vindication of her strategy of transforming a party long dominated by Roman Catholic men. During her eight years as chancellor, ...
Chancellor Angela Merkel led her conservatives to a stunning victory in Germany’s election Sunday, a personal triumph that cements her position as Europe’s most powerful leader. However, she will need to reach out to center-left rivals to form a new government after her coalition ...
Germany has near record-low unemployment and a locomotive-strong economy, which leaves Frieder Beckmann with a question: Why can he only get a job that pays $2 an hour? It is the kind of question that is also being voiced by other Germans, who say ...
Chancellor Angela Merkel often boasts during the campaign for next Sunday’s elections that Germany has one of Europe’s lowest jobless rates at around 6.8 percent. But it comes at a price. As many as 3 million people in Europe’s top economy earn less than ...
Chancellor Angela Merkel launched a final week of election campaigning Monday with the wind at her back after a resounding victory for her conservatives in a Bavarian state poll. But while her conservatives captured nearly one vote in two in the wealthy southern region ...
Angela Merkel is the first German chancellor to visit the former Nazi concentration camp of Dachau but critics slam her decision to include the stop on an election campaign swing.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s calendar this past week looked like this: unpack from an Italian vacation, catch up with advisers and kick off a campaign with a small-town rally for an election that will be held in just five weeks. In the United States, ...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel grew up in a society where the government kept a Big Brother eye on its citizens. Now, critics say, she has assented to similar practices — this time coming from the U.S., not East Germany’s fearsome secret police. Revelations about ...