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.
How-tos | LIFELINES Jun 18, 2013
Quickies on bringing in psychotropics and bags, calling Japan, buying shoes
by Louise George Kittaka
A variety of queries from readers have arrived at Lifelines over the last few weeks, so we’ll address some of them in this column. • JL will be coming to Japan in the fall and wants to bring in several types of prescription psychotropic ...
Editorial May 27, 2007
Still can't say where the money went
The Lower House Budget Committee had an intensive deliberation on the issue of money and politics last week, with the opposition concentrating on a dubious report by Agriculture Minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka’s political fund management organization. The committee scene was a re-enactment of what happened ...