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.
Voices | COMMUNITY CHEST Aug 19, 2013
‘Halfies’ and hapa the norm elsewhere
Hapa haole celebrated in Hawaii I’m writing about an article published in your newspaper and written by Ryan Surdick with the title “There is more to my son than the fact he’s a ‘half’ “(The Foreign Element, July 29). A perspective from Hawaii where ...
Voices | COMMUNITY CHEST Aug 12, 2013
The perennial 'half, bi or double?' debate rolls on
Confounding ‘half’ stereotypes Re: “There is more to my son than the fact he’s a ‘half’ ” by Ryan Surdick (The Foreign Element, July 29): I’m a bicultural teenage girl and I have lived in Japan since I was 8 months old. I connected ...
Issues | THE FOREIGN ELEMENT Jul 29, 2013
There is more to my son than the fact he's a 'half'
by Ryan Surdick
For foreign residents, having a child in Japan can be a daunting prospect. Going to the hospital and trying to figure out what the doctor is saying in complex Japanese medical terms is just one of myriad trials.