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.
National Jun 6, 2013
Japanese architect Fujimoto designs Serpentine's 2013 summer pavilion
A dense white grid made up of 27,000 elements has just gone up in London’s Kensington Gardens: It’s the Serpentine Gallery’s 2013 summer pavilion, designed by Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto. The pavilion originated in 2000 to host the gallery’s annual fundraising party, talks and ...
People | CLOSE-UP Apr 7, 2013
Shigeru Ban: 'People's architect' combines permanence and paper
by Edan Corkill
Generally speaking, an architect’s style is defined by particular forms or shapes. There’s Frank Lloyd Wright’s prominent horizontal lines, for instance; Le Corbusier’s simple white boxes; or, more recently, the deliberately abstract masses of Frank Gehry — of Guggenheim Bilbao fame.