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.
Art Jul 17, 2013
Japan's population of ghouls keeps coming back to haunt us
by C.B. Liddell
Caught up in the rush of modernity, it is sometimes easy to forget just what a unique and unusual country Japan is. An exhibition such as “Yokai: Demons, Folklore Creatures and GeGeGe no Kitaro” serves to remind us, by peeling back the surface of ...
National May 25, 2013
Are ghosts keeping Abe from moving to official residence?
by Reiji Yoshida
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been in office for five months and reporters who follow him every day still have one question: why hasn’t he moved into the Prime Minister’s Official Residence? Despite his extremely tight schedule, a security detail-escorted limousine takes Abe to ...
Reference | FYI Aug 12, 2008
It's ghost season in Japan — who you gonna call?
by Jun Hongo
If there are eerie goings-on in the neighborhood — and Halloween is still two months off — it could be because Japan’s traditional “ghost season” maxes out at this time of the year. While belief in the afterlife and in wandering spirits kept from ...