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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 ...
Former Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda on Tuesday criticized current leader Shinzo Abe’s latest economic stimulus program as “pork.” “I cannot help feeling that it is pork-barrel spending,” Noda, a supreme adviser of the Democratic Party of Japan, said in a speech in Washington, referring ...
Shinzo Abe's future as prime minister may well depend on how well the ¥5 trillion stimulus package cushions the economy from the tax-hike blow.
A pledge to start considering a cut in the effective corporate tax rate “as soon as possible” will likely be included in the upcoming economic stimulus package, administration officials said Thursday. A reduction in corporate tax could entice more foreign companies to operate in ...
The Liberal Democratic Party has proposed around ¥300 billion in tax cuts to invigorate business investment, a pillar of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s economic growth plan, executives of the LDP’s tax panel said. The tax reduction plan, intended to soften the blow of the ...
The government may insert a plan to lift the nation’s casino ban in the new economic growth strategy to be drawn up in June, informed sources said. The ruling Liberal Democratic Party is examining the idea of designating special zones in which resort complexes ...