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.
Science & Health Sep 30, 2013
China kids know the logos used for smokes
Nearly nine in 10 children in China can identify a cigarette logo, according to a U.S. study out Monday that measured tobacco recognition among typical 5- and 6-year-olds in various countries. The study in the journal Pediatrics covered six nations — Brazil, India, Nigeria, ...
Media Sep 28, 2013
Brazilian family fights to keep house-trained pet tigers
by Renata Brito
Dan slurped on his pink nursing bottle and spilled milk all over the place, while his brother Tom waited to take a dip in the pool. It would be a typical family scene if not for the fact that Dan and Tom tip the ...
National Sep 26, 2013
Non-native teachers of Japanese growing among Brazil's immigrants
by Motonobu Endo
A growing number of people in Brazil’s large Japanese community are studying Japanese under non-native teachers. “I would like to go out on a date with you this weekend,” one student practiced saying in Japanese during an entry-level class in Sao Paulo’s Liberdade district, ...
World Sep 25, 2013
Rousseff slams U.S. over snooping
United Nations THE WASHINGTON POST Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on Tuesday delivered a stinging rebuke of electronic espionage by the U.S. National Security Agency, telling the U.N. General Assembly that American eavesdropping constitutes “a breach of international law and an affront” to Brazil’s sovereignty. ...
National Sep 25, 2013
Three Japanese fishing boats seized by Brazil over environmental breach
Three Japanese tuna fishing boats operating off the coast of Brazil were seized between July and August for alleged violations of the environmental code, and one vessel is still in custody, according to the Japanese Embassy in Brasilia. Brazilian authorities allege that the three ...
Business Sep 24, 2013
Long, strange trip ending for VW's hippie 'bus'
by Bradley Brooks
It carried hippies through the 1960s, hauled surfers in search of killer waves during endless summers and serves as a workhorse across the developing world, but the long, strange trip of the Volkswagen van is ending. Brazil is the last place in the world ...
Science & Health Sep 20, 2013
Royal toothbrush, toothpaste among Rio dig discoveries
An ivory toothbrush thought to have belonged to Brazilian Emperor Pedro II and a minty toothpaste made for the Portuguese queen are among more than 200,000 pieces dating from the 17th through 19th centuries that archaeologists have unearthed from a site in Rio de ...
National Sep 12, 2013
Japanese warming up to all things Brazilian as World Cup approaches
by Junji Yamaguchi
Interest in food and other items from or associated with Brazil is growing in Japan ahead of the World Cup soccer tournament to be held there next year. Restaurante Carioca, a Brazilian restaurant in the Aoyama neighborhood in Tokyo associated with former soccer star ...
Business Sep 10, 2013
Rousseff accuses U.S. of spying for economic gain
President Dilma Rousseff on Monday accused the United States of spying on oil giant Petrobras for its own “economic and strategic” reasons — not for national security. The latest allegations of online snooping by the National Security Agency emerged Sunday night in a Globo ...
World Sep 3, 2013
Brazil, Mexico summon U.S. envoys
Brazil and Mexico on Monday demanded explanations from the United States over allegations that the National Security Agency spied on the communications of their presidents. Brazilian Foreign Minister Luis Figueiredo said the interception of Internet data from President Dilma Rousseff reported by U.S. journalist ...
Environment Sep 2, 2013
Cattle ranching goes green in Brazil's Amazon region
In a remote corner of the Brazilian Amazon, farmer Lacir Soares is promoting sustainable cattle rearing that shuns deforestation and meets the environmental requirements of a new forestry law. His venture, supported by the cattle industry and environmentalists, illustrates how things are changing in ...
Economy Aug 30, 2013
Japan, Brazil eye meeting of leaders at G-20 summit in Russia
Japan and Brazil are working to arrange a meeting between their leaders on the fringes of the summit of the Group of 20 major economies in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Sept. 5, a Japanese government source said Friday. Tokyo hopes that Prime Minister Shinzo ...