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Silvio Berlusconi has failed in his attempt to topple the Italian government, leaving him weaker than ever and zapping the aura of invincibility that has surrounded him for two decades as he faces the possible loss of his Senate seat and a ban from ...
Hatsudai has a lot going for it. This quiet low-rise residential neighborhood just minutes west of Shinjuku boasts a friendly traditional shōtengai (shopping street) and a lively annual Awa Odori dance festival. Now add to that a really outstanding restaurant. Anis opened in early ...
International events undermine Japan's democracy. Shame on the International Olympic Committee for being a party to it.
In the glitzy and gossipy world of Japanese celebrity, hardly a week goes by without revelations being made about — or made by — Ichikawa Ebizo XI. For years, the charismatic young star of the kabuki world has never long been out of the ...
Reigning champion Kei Nishikori made quick work of Feliciano Lopez, walloping the Spaniard in a straight-sets victory Thursday to reach the quarterfinals of the Rakuten Japan Open. The world No. 13 Nishikori needed little over an hour to put away Lopez, 7-6 (7-4), 6-0 ...
The government's fight against deflation will not be successful if prices rise but wages remain stagnant.
Behind India's economic gloom, a new generation is taking over, bringing with it fresh ideas and visions.
Responding to the success of Tokyo's bid to host the 2020 Summer Olympics, Japan's business and political leaders express hope the games will boost an economy beginning to show signs of recovery.
Sweden is enjoying steady growth thanks to an economic model that combines a social welfare society with a free-market economy and a high degree of government efficiency.
Inventing new things is hard. Figuring out how to manage their applications in a sensible manner is even harder.
The government tentatively acknowledged Wednesday that the economy expanded for 37 months in a row through April 2012, weathering the devastating March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster and the ensuing nuclear crisis in Fukushima Prefecture. A panel of economists and experts for the Cabinet Office also ...
Indian policymakers are looking increasingly panicky as they battle the worst currency crisis in more than two decades, and more worryingly there is no sign their remedies are working. The rupee lurched to a new lifetime low of 62.03 to the dollar on Friday ...
A rising consumer price index won't do Japan's economic recovery much good if workers' wages remain stagnant. It will just increase the burden on households.
The government Tuesday upgraded its basic assessment of the economy for the third straight month as business investment has begun showing signs of bouncing back, using the word “recovery” for the first time in 10 months. In its monthly economic report for July, the ...
The economy is on the verge of emerging from nearly two decades of deflation as it has picked up since the beginning of the year, a government report said Tuesday, emphasizing positive aspects of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s “Abenomics” policies. The economy, which has ...
With the ballots tallied and the opposition crushed, observers predict the ruling bloc’s landslide victory Sunday amid the third-lowest voter turnout ever for a House of Councilors poll will have a positive impact on the economy and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s stewardship of it. ...
Wage realities suggest that Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda's positive assessment of the economy serves as a political boon for the Abe Cabinet.